Asia Art Archive in America (AAAinA) and Triangle Arts Association were pleased to present a screening and conversation on Thursday, June 12th from 6:30 – 8pm. This program shared recent films by Triangle Residency artist alumni, Poyen Wang and Amiko Li. The two artists were joined by writer and curator Jungmin Cho for a conversation following the screening. The discussion explored their practices through the lens of purity—questioning how notions of purity are constructed around the body, race, and gender within socio-political systems.

Amiko Li shared excerpts from Passaggio (2023, 13 minutes) and Singing Glass (2024, 12 minutes). Poyen Wang shared Night Stroll (2023-2024, 22 minutes).

Participant bios:

Poyen Wang is an artist and filmmaker born and raised in Taiwan, currently based in New York City. His recent work approaches image-making as a theatrical endeavor, staging scenes of psychological tension to explore themes of intimacy, power dynamics, and the relationship between the self and the world. His work has recently been shown at VIDEONALE, Kassel Dokfest, Kasseler Kunstverein, the Wassaic Project, Essex Flowers, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, among others. He is a recipient of LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants (2025/2023) and has participated in residencies and fellowships at Triangle Arts Association, the AIM Fellowship, Bamboo Curtain Studio, 18th Street Arts Center, and Flux Factory. He teaches in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College. 

Amiko Li (b. 1993, Shanghai) is an interdisciplinary artist who translates everyday stories and encounters into film, installation, and performance, to explore and contextualize the underlying complexities and themes, such as intimacy, waiting, and value.

Li’s recent Exhibition and performance include Center for Art, Research, and Alliance, New York; The Shed, New York; Ulster Museum, Ireland; Haus der Elektronischen Künste, Switzerland; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, China; Power Station of Art, China; and Flat Earth Film Festival, Iceland. Li’s work has been supported through fellowships and residencies at Delfina Foundation, London; Triangle Arts Association, New York; and Kunstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany.

Jungmin Cho is an independent curator and writer based between Seoul and New York. She is the founder and director of WHITE NOISE—an art space and platform in Seoul dedicated to fostering artistic experimentation and building global art communities since its establishment in 2018. 

Through WHITE NOISE and her independent practice, Cho has worked with a wide range of international organizations, including Brief Histories, Canal Projects, Frieze Seoul, GYOPO, Hessel Museum, Montez Press Radio, NOISE Istanbul, Space NN in Munich, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid, among others. Their work has been featured in publications such as The Art Newspaper, Artsy, Hyundai Art Lab, The New York Times, and Spike Art Magazine. Recently, Cho served as a guest curator for Untitled Miami 2024, exploring the theme “East Meets West” and studied in the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.

Triangle’s mission is to provide committed artists with a transformative working environment, grounded in experimentation and rigor, and offering opportunities to create and share new work in a supportive community of peers and engaged audiences.

AAAinA’s general programming and operations are funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, the Vilcek Foundation, and other foundations and individuals.