ARTS
Emma Chang, Taylor Wang, Brenden Koo
Emma Chang, Taylor Wang, Brenden Koo
Hollow Mask
featured on this issue's cover
Illustration by Emma Chang
Artist's Statement
My first language was Chinese, but because I grew up in America, I got my limited vocabulary from my parents and only learned words appropriate for a good, obedient child force-fed filial piety. Thus, I grew up deprived of words to adequately explain my feelings, and in touch-starved, feelings-ignorant America, the English language fails me too. This poem is an exploration of the way it feels to attempt vulnerability with a limited set of words as each misunderstood interaction hollows me out, leaving me so cold inside.
Emma Chang is a visual artist, actor, theatrical technician and musician. She is a first year student at Willamette University planning on pursuing a degree in Theatre.
featured on this issue's cover
Illustration by Emma Chang
Artist's Statement
My first language was Chinese, but because I grew up in America, I got my limited vocabulary from my parents and only learned words appropriate for a good, obedient child force-fed filial piety. Thus, I grew up deprived of words to adequately explain my feelings, and in touch-starved, feelings-ignorant America, the English language fails me too. This poem is an exploration of the way it feels to attempt vulnerability with a limited set of words as each misunderstood interaction hollows me out, leaving me so cold inside.
Emma Chang is a visual artist, actor, theatrical technician and musician. She is a first year student at Willamette University planning on pursuing a degree in Theatre.
Isolation
Portrait by Taylor Wang
Artist's Statement
An Asian American woman stares longingly, both listless and anxious. I wanted to examine the feeling of emptiness that is increasingly apparent among the younger generation of Chinese immigrants. Weighted by high expectations and GPA numbers, we lose all sense of self in our journey to be the best. It's a cold and dreary experience, but one that is undeniably East Asian.
Seattle-based Taylor Wang is an artist who seeks to combine traditional art forms with the emerging style of youth artists. Wang’s art reflects her personal experience as a Chinese American as well as the broader contemporary issues that plague her generation.
Portrait by Taylor Wang
Artist's Statement
An Asian American woman stares longingly, both listless and anxious. I wanted to examine the feeling of emptiness that is increasingly apparent among the younger generation of Chinese immigrants. Weighted by high expectations and GPA numbers, we lose all sense of self in our journey to be the best. It's a cold and dreary experience, but one that is undeniably East Asian.
Seattle-based Taylor Wang is an artist who seeks to combine traditional art forms with the emerging style of youth artists. Wang’s art reflects her personal experience as a Chinese American as well as the broader contemporary issues that plague her generation.
Diaspora
originally created for the East Foundation Diaspora Project
Collection by Brenden Koo
originally created for the East Foundation Diaspora Project
Collection by Brenden Koo