Spanning pre-cinema to post-internet, this six-part screening & performance series challenges the idea that the worlds of sports and art are mutually exclusive.
Tag: performance
ASIAN FUTURES, WITHOUT ASIANS multimedia performance
This live cinema work, presented as a taxonomy of tropes, is illustrated with images and clips from futuristic movies and television shows. Accompanied by a live musical soundtrack, Suparak delivers anecdotes, trivia, and documents from the histories of art, architecture, design, fashion, film, food, religion, and weaponry.
ASIAN FUTURES, WITHOUT ASIANS presentation
Part critical analysis, part reflective essay and sprinkled throughout with humor, justified anger, and informative morsels, this illustrated presentation examines 60 years of American science fiction cinema through the lens of Asian appropriation and whitewashing.
ASIAN FUTURES series
Series of projects, performances, and texts on how white filmmakers envision futures inflected by Asian culture, but devoid of actual Asian people. A visual analysis of 60 years of mainstream science-fiction cinema.
Astria Suparak 