Kua 跨 01: Re-integrationPublication LaunchYu’an Huang

KUA 01 Re-Integration preview courtesy of Yu'an Huang, visual and publication design by Marwan Kaabour and Jeanne Constantin

Roundtable Discussion
4.30–5.30pm, Chisenhale Gallery Studio

Organised by Chisenhale Curatorial Writing Fellow Yu’an Huang, the launch event of KUA 01: Re-Integration invites audiences to join a roundtable discussion to talk with the project’s collaborators. Sharing insights into the making of the publication, the group will be joined by Chisenhale Gallery’s Director Zoé Whitley who will introduce the key ideas of KUA 01 and the processes of publication-making as curatorial practice.

The first issue delves into themes of cultural estrangement, relocation and return, offering a closer inspection of the nuances and complex states of transnational identities. The talk will invite cross-cultural collaborators Marwan Kaabour, Jeanne Constantin and Lara Baclig to share their experiences and responses to the project, followed by an open discussion.

Creative Writing Workshop
2–4.00pm, Chisenhale Gallery Studio

Ahead of the roundtable discussion, Yu'an will also be leading a Creative Writing Workshop with writing tutor Alison Chandler, inviting participants to engage with a fictional text written during Yu'an's six-month Fellowship. Welcoming writers of all levels as well as artists who engage in writing as practice, participants will be introduced to the methodology of collective autoethnography and a fictional story published in KUA 01.

Born from the need to connect with transnational minds, KUA (crossing beyond) is a cross-medium publication project investigating six universal themes around the human condition through the lens of transnational experiences. This part digital, part physical publication is part of Yu’an Huang’s Fellowship project at Chisenhale Gallery and brings together existing and commissioned works by artist Doug Aitken, Professor in Globalisation & Development, Dr. Valentina Mazzucato, and oral interviews and life stories on Re-Integration. Future issues will focus on 02 Displacement, 03 Intimacy, 04 Translation, 05 Superstitions and 06 Diagnosis. KUA 01 has a limited print copy of 250 copies and will be available to view online.