Mai Ling Speaks #02

Mai Ling Speaks is a series of online performances, lectures and interviews connecting the active voices that are dealing with the anti-Asian ramifications of these exceptional times. How can we find community and solidarity at a time where anti-Asian xenophobia related to Covid-19 is escalating? What are the tools needed to contest this new normality and what everyday practices of solidarity can be performed?
Mai Ling Speaks is a subversive format aiming to diverge the discourse towards the individuals and communities affected while, at the same time, creating a discursive platform that bridges artistic practices with theory.

Part 1. (0"04'): The beautiful alien girl (7’15”, HD video with sound, colour | 2019) by Mai Ling
Part 2. (7'44"): An online interview with co-founders of Korientation – Jee-Un Kim, Sina Schindler and Kimiko Suda

About Korientation:
Korientation is a (post) migrant self-organised group and a cultural and educational network of Asian-Germans. Korientation pursues the goal of creating presence and expression to the diverse realities of Asian-germans, their life and day-to-day experiences.
An essential part of their work is to strengthen their cultural and political self-representation in order to influence the development of a diverse German society. They organise various activities and projects where racist cliches and exclusionary practices are questioned and where the view of the different realities of BIPOC can be expanded.

More information:
https://www.korientation.de

*Initial broadcast time on echoraeume.klingt.org: 8pm, Thursday 21th May 2020
*This project is financially supported by ÖH Uni Wien.