Sunday February 18 – Wednesday February 21, 11pm PT
YES: Tiffany Jiang / Allie Tsubota
Artists in attendance
In person & online
Microscope is very pleased to present a screening of video works by artists Tiffany Jiang and by Allie Tsubota as part of our emerging artist series YES. The screening will take place both in person and online, with a Q&A with the artists following the screening.
Several works in the roughly 55-minute program by Jiang and by Tsubota examine the histories of the assimilation of Asian cultures into American society. Combining archival footage with vivid original video, the works by both artists offer unsparing critiques that address the hypocrisies and often cruel politics of this country, especially when it comes to the perceived “other.”
Other works by Jiang investigate themes of loss and grief — including that which is related to the animal world — as well as the psychological disasters occurring within the confines of one’s own family and home. While the additional works on the program by Tsubota underline the “anxiety over Asian/American sexuality,” or expose the fabricated nature of the US official narratives around Hiroshima and the collapse of the Japanese Empire.
Jiang and Tsubota will be available for a Q&A following the screening.
General In-person Admission $9
Member & Student In-person Admission $7
Online tickets will become available on this page on the day of the screening at 7pm ET.
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Tiffany Jiang is a Chinese-American filmmaker based in Brooklyn who makes creative work exploring identity struggles, cultural taboos, and personal traumas. She received her Master’s in Media Studies and Advanced Certificate in Documentary Filmmaking from The New School. Tiffany’s creative roots stem from explorations in communication design, media arts, and photography. She primarily makes short films that weave together found materials and writing in various styles. Her films have been shown internationally across festivals and exhibitions.
Allie Tsubota (she/her) is an artist exploring intersections of race, visuality, and the formation of historical memory. Her work joins photography, video, photographic and cinematic archives, and text to examine the role of visual spectatorship across racialized space and collapsed historical time. Tsubota has received recognitions from Aperture, Google’s Creator Lab, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and Silver Eye, among others, and has been an artist-in-residence with Headlands Center for the Arts, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and ARCUS Project. Her works have been exhibited across the United States and in Japan. Tsubota holds an MFA in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design, and presently teaches photography at Parsons School of Design and The College of New Jersey.
