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A home for stories, art, and activism from the Asian diaspora in Europe. Dive in for snapshots of AVE’s work, powerful interviews, exhibition reflections, and decolonizing critique — all amplifying voices that matter.
Letter from the curator #2: the All-Female Traditional Korean Theatre
In our second Letter from the Curator, Jeongwon Seo, invites us to Yeoseong Gukguek, the all-female traditional theater in Korea. Through siren eun young jung's works, we explore together how this stage cracked open gender norms and still speaks to questions of power and belonging today.
Those without a Share @Kunstraum, Berlin
At Kunstraum Berlin, eight artists explore meaning of ‘home’: a layered, shifting shaped by memory, borders, and displacement. Curated by Yewon Seo, the exhibition moves between carceral coldness and imagined warmth, offering a space where diverse voices can coexist in tension.
Seen and Unseen: Identity, Resistance, and Visibility @Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
In this issue, we reflect on SEEN, an exhibition that confronts incarceration, injustice, and transformation by the collective ‘we are all criminals‘. Through our eyes, we share how the works moved us — from the weight of confinement to the quiet power of healing.
Letter from the curator: #1—Art and Postcolonialism
In our first Letter from the Curator, Jeongwon Seo invites us into a conversation on art and postcolonialism—one that looks beyond the buzzwords and asks how artists today are challenging power, rewriting narratives, and imagining new futures. From the Venice Biennale to Busan, this reflection explores why postcolonial critique remains urgent today and introduces the artists and questions we’ll be spotlighting in future issues.
Spotlight: Asian Persuasion - In conversation with founders Joni & Christopher
This May, Asian Voices Europe spoke with Joni Sheila and Christopher D’havé, founders of Asian Persuasion. What began as a project to support Asian artists in Belgium has grown into something more meaningful: a platform for solidarity, care and visibility in a space where many have felt invisible. Their stories reflect a shared journey of navigating bicultural identity, longing for belonging, and daring to build something new.
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