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Subtitled Publication Launch

Stephanie Ee, Jessica Tu, Hamy Do, Emily Dang, Su Yang

23 Aug 2018

Subtitled aims to communicate what it means to be young and Asian in Australia by bringing together artists and writers to convey experiences of cultural identity, diaspora, migration and displacement.

This edition responds to critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha's idea of the 'Third Space' that suggests community and identity are formed as a constant negotiation and reformation between points of difference. The 'Third Space' is a point of hybridity and collision that facilitates the formation of ‘something new and unrecognizable’ from which new identities and meaning can arise. It is from this state of flux, that young Asian Australian artists create.

'Growing up, I often watched Asian movies that my parents purchased with English subtitles that were often inaccurate and only somewhat helpful. Though subtitles open the doors to an unfamiliar language, they are often misleading, feel awkward and not quite right.'

Subtitled captures this loss of meaning and shifts it to centre stage to offer a platform for artists of the Asian Australian diaspora to tell their own narratives without the imperative to explain or translate.

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Overview

Blindside was pleased to launch the first edition of Subtitled – a publication curated by Gallery Intern, Monica Do, on 23 August 2018.

Publication Launch: 23 Aug 2018, 8am–10am

This program takes place on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded - this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging, to the Elders from other communities and to any other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders who might encounter or participate in the program.

The print run was limited to 100 copies.

38 copies were specially packaged in a red envelope in the style of the red money packet that is received for New Years, and included a Feng Shui coin, used to symbolize good fortune. These were priced at $15. Every edition afterwards was priced at $10.

All proceeds went towards the production of the next edition of Subtitled.