VIRTUALLY ASIAN – Astria Suparak
Short video essay that looks at how white science fiction filmmakers fill the backgrounds of their futuristic worlds with hollow Asian figures—in the form of video and holographic advertisements—wh…| Astria Suparak
Short video essay that looks at how white science fiction filmmakers fill the backgrounds of their futuristic worlds with hollow Asian figures—in the form of video and holographic advertisements—wh…| Astria Suparak
Series of projects, presentations, and texts on how white filmmakers envision futures inflected by Asian culture, but devoid of actual Asian people. A visual analysis of 60 years of American scienc…| Astria Suparak
“A collage of Caucasian actors in roles as emotionally complex robots, AIs and cyborgs. [The installation] questions who is granted the privilege of humanity and emotional depth in these tech…| Astria Suparak
An amalgamated skyline of Asian futures imagined by white filmmakers. Sourced from primarily 21st century sci-fi movies and television shows, including an early example of techno-orientalism from t…| Astria Suparak
This live cinema work, presented as a taxonomy of tropes, is illustrated with images and clips from futuristic movies and television shows. Accompanied by a live musical soundtrack, Suparak deliver…| Astria Suparak
