On May 22, Jeannine Tang and Wong Binghao (Bing) will have a hybrid conversation at Asia Art Archive in America to share and reflect upon their ongoing project focusing on trans* and Asian/diasporic publishing practices in contemporary art. This program will reflect upon their experiences organizing conversations for the project and speculate on publishing futures related to the project. They invite audiences to contribute to these discussions. Tang and Wong will speak during the first half of the program, and open the floor to the audience for the second half. 

Anyone attending in-person is welcome to take the mic and share their work. Please prepare a 1-2 minute introduction to a publishing project, with a hot take on how/why it materializes and matters to you and your (imagined) community. Speakers are welcome to bring a publication to illustrate their points. Like the participants of the larger project, speakers are invited to imagine ‘publishing’ expansively. This could include (not exhaustively): one off or serial projects, print or digital or online publication, self-published or institutional endeavors, books, zines, magazines, journals, work on/through social media, websites, and more. 

Between 2023-2024, Tang and Wong convened internal online conversations with artists, writers, editors and curators to discuss and complicate how trans*gender, Asian, and diasporic experiences might inform publishing practices in contemporary art. These conversations were organized in collaboration with Asia Art Archive in America, with the support of The New School and New York University. This summer, Asia Art Archive in America will publish an online publication edited by Tang and Wong that extends these dialogues and features contributions by some of the conversation participants.

This collaborative event is hosted by Asia Art Archive in America and co-organized with NYU’s Department of Performance Studies.

Participant bios:

Jeannine Tang is an art historian who teaches as Assistant Professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. 

Wong Binghao (Bing) is a writer, editor, and curator. They are the editorial and creative director of 5G Bing, an internet grimoire.

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.