KUA: issue 02 Displacement

KUA02: Displacement explores the displaced ecology from the transnational perspective.

The publication's design draws inspiration from cartography, mapping out interconnected transportation routes of human-made and biomasses, namely plastic, animals, toxins, or art objects, that serve human-centric purposes. The book compiles essays, interviews, research materials of artworks, and poetry from contributors who have connections to multiple homelands.

When a displaced subject is placed back into its rightful context, does it cure the displacement? And what or who’s system guides this process? The curated publication asks: if constant movement is the natural order, how does diasporic experiences adding to the discourse of ecology?

KUA 跨 (crossing beyond) is a six-issue thematic publication project through the lens of transnational experiences. Led by Yu’an Huang and born from the Asymmetry Curatorial Writing Fellowship at Chisenhale Gallery in 2021, each issue begins with a fiction story, followed by digital and printed contributions. Prioritising lived experience, the project aims to foster a space for dual identities and bring the diasporic discourse in the post-globalized era into the contemporary.

Contributors: Shiraz Bayjoo, Alasdair Asmussen Doyle, Alia Farid, Corrina Goutos, Bianca Hlywa, Boda Kamukea, Dr. Manhua Li, Lydia Ourahmane, Hana K. Ohnewehr, Soyoon Ryu, Jo Ying Peng.