The Echo to every Footstep
EA + SEA perspectives
Solo Exhibition
About
The Echo To Every Footstep is a cultural manifestation that delves into the complexities between the South East & East Asian diasporic communities in the Dutch cultural landscape, aiming to break archetypal portrayals through art, poetry, artist talks and workshops. Inspired by Ocean Vuong's poem, a poem written in response to how Brown and Yellow bodies are often mention in Western literature.
Poetry
“I wanted to reclaim that narrative while still signaling the legacy of violence and reductive portrayal of Asian bodies by Western writers. The poem traces the path of a bullet, depicting the ruptures it creates not as endings, but as points of remembering, therefore re-suturing a narrative made possible only through (and because of) loss. I wanted, ultimately, to acknowledge that the life of displacement is inextricable from violence, and yet in spite of that, a story about survival can still be told.”
—Ocean Vuong
The echo to every footstep
Asian gathering
Benjamin Li
Alona van Rosmalen
Ratri Notosudirdjo
Darunee Terdtoontaveedej
Pris Roos
Kevin Groen
Linhue Chen
Jue Yang
Kwinnie Lê
Lai Yan Cheng
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