Becoming Stickiness
Mai Ling has emerged out of the need for a collective platform where experiences of intersectional discrimination can be articulated together. In recent activities, Mai Ling has explored and developed an artistic strategy and discourse of empowerment with the theme of ‘stickiness’ to foster community, kinship, and dialogue among Asian FLINT* and beyond. In the latest video work, Becoming Stickiness the property of sticking together in relation to the politics of invasive species was explored through sensing workshops and choreography, resulting in the potentiality of healing, strength building, and collective care. At TQW, Mai Ling explores and shares various readings of stickiness as a somatic practice necessary for care and survival, collaborating with individuals from diverse fields, practices, and disciplines.
founded in Vienna in 2019, is an anonymous artists’ collective and association committed to fostering dialogues on racism, sexism, homophobia, and prejudice, specifically targeting Asian FLINT* individuals (women, lesbian, inter, non-binary, and trans). The group challenges the Western heteropatriarchal gaze, confronting and dismantling ingrained racist stereotypes about ‘Asia’ through diverse artistic and discursive methods while seeking collective resistance and pleasure.