Topic “Art & Design”

Southern Exposure

Photographer & Writer Indigo Som

A year before Hurricane Katrina, I landed in New Orleans with my partner Donna Keiko Ozawa, a generous grant from Creative Work Fund and too much luggage — five cameras (still and video), sound...

By: Indigo Som | Posted: Thu, Jan 24th- 12:33am | Under: Recipe, Art & Design, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, Photography

It’s hard to identify Jenna Park by what she does. Is she an entrepreneur, art director, designer, blogger or photographer? In this case, it’s all of the above, and Park is skilled in all she does, as evidenced on Sweet Fine Day (...

By: Gloria Kim | Posted: Thu, Jan 24th- 12:05am | Under: Art & Design, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, Takeout

Politics: Does Obama Have Asian Americans in the Bag?

A new opinion survey released last week showed that President Barack Obama has nearly double the support of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community over challenger Mitt Romney. But surprisingly, a huge chunk of AAPIs, 32...

By: Lin Yang | Posted: Wed, Oct 3rd- 2:50am | Under: Art & Design, Community, Culture, Immigration, Media, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues

Designer Jenny Lai Talks NOT and Expanding to the Asian Fashion Market

Up-and-coming designer Jenny Lai of NOT talks to Hyphen about her design aesthetic, Asian Americans in the fashion industry, and where NOT fits into the global market.

By: Victoria Yue | Posted: Thu, Jul 5th- 8:10am | Under: fashion designer, Jenny Lai, NOT, Q+A, Art & Design, Asianspotting, Culture, Diaspora, Fashion

Bodies and Borders

Wafaa Yasin literally turned her body into a boat and set sail across the San Francisco Bay. Yasin expected to fail in sailing anywhere, but she also hoped not to drown. Born in Palestine, the San Francisco-based performance and multimedia artist...

By: Michele Carlson | Posted: Wed, May 16th- 12:12pm | Under: Artwell, Art & Design, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

Camp in the Camps

Looking for Jiro is a short video by San Francisco-based performance artist and writer Tina Takemoto. Takemoto combines historic footage of military propaganda and men’s bodybuilding with her own campy performance in the role of Jiro...

By: Lj Roberts | Posted: Wed, May 16th- 12:07pm | Under: Artwell, Art & Design, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Performing Arts

The Language of Seeds and Tents

It began with papaya seedlings covertly planted on a narrow strip of grass between a roadway and a chain-link fence.

Gaye Chan and her partner, Nandita Sharma, deliberately placed the plants on public land without permission or regret. For...

By: Weston Teruya | Posted: Wed, May 16th- 12:08am | Under: Artwell, Art & Design, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

Then and Now

Laurel Nakadate: photographer, video artist, surreal storyteller
Meeting the Stranger’s World, Issue 12

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By: Justine Rivero | Posted: Wed, Jan 23rd- 1:01pm | Under: Poetry, Activism, Art & Design, Books Section, Featurette, Culture, Film, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Mr. Hyphen, Music, Performing Arts, Photography

Online Exclusive: In the Bag

What would the folks behind BAGGU and Lo & Sons fill their bags with? Derek Lo from Lo & Sons and Emily Sugihara of ...

By: Gloria Kim | Posted: Wed, Jun 13th- 12:56pm | Under: Accessories, Art & Design, Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Takeout

Online Exclusive: Free Sharing with artist Gaye Chan

In her longstanding artistic practice, Hawai’i-based artist Gaye Chan has created work across a spectrum of mediums and venues. Whether working through photography, the vegetables from her garden...

By: Weston Teruya | Posted: Wed, Jan 2nd- 10:42pm | Under: Q+A, Art & Design, Community, Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Photography

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