PHANTOM LIMB
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Phantom Limb is an exhibition and event series in London, curated by Kathy Cho and Katie Yook, centering the lived experiences of Korean diaspora artists.
Artist Interviews
Zadie Xa (31 October 2018)
Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin ( 24 October 2018)
Joan Oh (17 October 2018)
Jette Hye Jin Mortensen (10 October 2018)
Dylan Mira (3 October 2018)
Special thanks to:
Cody Dock and Gasworks Dock Partnership, Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants, Danish Arts Foundation, Goldsmiths Alumni and Friends Fund, MODE Award, Asia Art Activism, Corsica Studios, Jihwaja, They Are Here, Miia Laine of SOAS Radio, and To Whom This May Concern
Corsica Studios Screening Programme artists:
John Flindt, Stefanie Gerstmayr, Jayson Haebich, Dana Hong, Byungchan Kim, Joan Low, Joan Oh, Gillies Adamson Semple, and Shino Yanai






Lunar New Year Party: Diaspora Disco x Eastern Margins x Phantom Limb
7 February 2019 7pm-2am
The Yard Theatre
London, E9 5EN
space is limited,
tickets available
Previously
Phantom Limb
1-18 November 2018
Weds-Sun, 12-6pm
Cody Dock
London E16 4TL
An exhibition at Cody Dock, featuring work by artists Dylan Mira, Jette Hye Jin Mortensen, Joan Oh, Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin, and Zadie Xa
Opening of Phantom Limb, performance by Jette Hye Jin Mortensen in collaboration with Musarc
1 November 6-9pm
A Vegetable Fermentation Workshop with Kimchi Radishian, led by Joan Oh
3 November 1-3pm
Fleshing Out the Ghost: the Fetish, Desire, and Master in K-beauty, performative lecture by Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin
18 November 5-6pm
Phantom Limb: AMZ, k28, Ila Brugal, Flemish Bond, Fourth Floor Room + video screenings
30 August 2018 8pm-1am
Corsica Studios
London SE17 1LB
A dance party and video screenings to support Phantom Limb.
Phantom Limb: Karaoke Party
9 August 2018 8pm-12am
Jihwaja
Vauxhall SE11 5QY
A night of 노래방 ‘noraebang’, private room Korean style karaoke.
Phantom Limb: Potluck Dinner
28 June 2018 6-9pm
Goldsmiths Curating Studio
Deptford SE8 4RZ
A potluck dinner in celebration of Korean food and culture.
Research / Sharing / Gathering
‘Here’...‘There’
/ East & Southeast Asian Diasporic Art
15 June 2018 1.20-7.30pm
Central Saint Martins
Kings Cross N1C 4AA
An afternoon of presentations, crits, and discussion convened by Alexandra Chang and Erika Tan.
This reading list has been compiled in collaboration with the artists & curators of Phantom Limb, and the Asia Art Activism network. Through an open call we have compiled pivotal and important Asian diaspora related readings that have informed our art practices, research and personal politics. We see this list as open ended and just a small selection of readings that are out there.
If you have any reading suggestions, questions, or comments, please feel free to contact us.
Books
Ang, Ien. On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West. 2001. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, language, 'Chineseness', global identity
Boggs, Grace Lee. Living for Change. 1998. [link]
Tags: Korean diaspora, autobiography, activism, Asian-American
Brah, Avtar. Diaspora, border and transnational identities. 1996. p178-208.
Tags: Asian diaspora, global identity
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung. Dictee. 1982. [link]
Tags: Korean American, autobiography, poetry, art
Chee, Alexander. Edinburgh. 2018. [link]
Tags: Korean American, fiction, Asian American, coming of age
Cheng, Anne Anlin. The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation and Hidden Grief. 2001. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, race, generational trauma, affect
Cho, Grace M. Haunting the Korean Diaspora. 2008. [link]
Tags: Korean diaspora, feminisms, historical, Korean War, affect, memoir
Eng, David L. The Feeling of Kinship: Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy. 2010. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, gender, queer, psychoanalysis, race, intimacy, affect
Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko. 2017. [link]
Tags: Korean diaspora, fiction, Japan, historical, family
Lee, Rachel C. The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America. 2014. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, feminisms, gender, queer, biopolitics, Asian-American, affect
Lowe, Lisa. The Intimacies of Four Continents. 2015. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, interdisciplinary, race
Min, Anchee. Red Azalea. 2012. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, autobiography, Shanghai
Minh-Ha, Trinh T. Framer Framed: Film Scripts and Interviews. 1992. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, feminisms, film, script writing, Vietnam
Minh-Ha, Trinh T. Women, Native, Other. 2009. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, feminisms, gender, queer, writing, postcoloniality
Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror for Young People. 1993. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, young people, Asian-American, non-fiction, history
Zhang, Jenny. Sour Heart. 2018. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, fiction, Asian-American, short stories
Articles
Cheng, Anne Anlin. Ornamentalism: A Feminist Theory for the Yellow Woman. 2018. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, feminisms, gender, race, embodiment
Chun, Allen. Fuck Chineseness: On the Ambiguities of Ethnicity as Culture as Identity. 1996. p111-138. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, global identity, 'Chineseness'
Lee, Jaeah J. The Forgotten Zine of 1960s Asian-American Radicals. 2018. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, activism, Asian-American, zines, historical
Sakai, Naoki. “You Asians”: On the Historical Role of the West and Asia Binary. 2000. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, essay, global identity, Japan
Voices that Shake. Resources for non-Black Asians on Anti-Blackness. Ongoing. [link]
Tags: Asian diaspora, race, anti-blackness, living resource