Gathering - Closing Potluck Event!

Co-curators Cecile Chong and Sophia Ma are proud to present “Gathering”, an exhibition highlighting the relationships between forty-five Asianish artist members and their works at Tiger Strikes Asteroid–New York (TSA-NY) in Bushwick (Sat, June 24-Sun, July 30, 2023) and FiveMyles in Crown Heights (Sat, July 8-Sun, August 13, 2023).

In March 2018, Chong, Gabriel de Guzman, Sara Jimenez, and Maia Cruz Palileo formed Asianish, an informal group of AAPI artists and art professionals, to create a safe space for a community of varying Asian identities. Since then, they have continued to gather around conversation, art, and food to share vulnerably and openly about code-switching in art contexts and the need for belonging in a country they call home. As members of the group, Chong and Ma wanted to gather the members in a new way and there was no better theme than what the group already does.

Asianish assembles for connection, visibility, and a place for their experiences and voices to be heard. This exhibition reveals the deep friendships between the artists and the intersections in their work. A myriad of subthemes arose, the most prominent of them being:
- Meditation and self and community reflection on COVID feelings. Artists created works that acknowledge and help process anti-Asian hate.
- Familial and cultural hi/stories and folklore as the basis for connection.
- Domestic objects and the illusion of home life as the gathering point.
- Fragmentation and reassembly as the formation of something new.

So join us for our closing event at FiveMyles the way Asianish would do it: TOGETHER and with FOOD on Sunday, August 13, 4:00PM-6:00PM. Bring a dish you share with your chosen family. Please note any possible common allergens on a label.