Convened by Chisenhale’s Asymmetry Writing Fellow Yu’an Huang, the launch event of KUA issue 01: Re-Integration invites audiences to talk with the project’s collaborators. Sharing in the process of making the publication, the group will be joined by Chisenhale Gallery’s Director Zoé Whitley who will briefly introduce key features of KUA issue 01 that reflect Chisenhale’s mission, vision and values.

The first issue explores themes of cultural estrangement, relocation and return. The collaborators will share their responses and approaches to the project, followed by open discussion. All welcome.

This event will take place at the gallery and online via Zoom. Please use the link below to join the event. This event will be recorded.

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88576732813?pwd=R21KcVJWNjZlbnpVdUdvZWVja1dKdz09

KUA (crossing-beyond) is a cross-medium publication project investigating six universal themes around the human condition through the lens of transnational experiences. Future topics include Displacement, Intimacy, Translation, Superstitions and Diagnosis.

** KUA Re-Integration has a limited print of 250 copies and is available to view online. 20 free copies will be available at the launch event, please reserve yours with the ticket option provided.

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Yu'an Huang lives and works as an independent curator in London, Berlin and Taipei. She curates situations often presented in the form of happenings, consultations or events. Yu'an's curatorial projects have been shown at The Guardian's Hall, London (2012), Hackney WickED Art Festival, London (2013), The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (2015), among others. In 2018, she founded LOA Gallery in London.

Marwan Kaabour is an art director and graphic designer based between London and Beirut. His work is varied from designing the Phaidon Rihanna book to rebranding Art Basel Hong Kong. He was a senior designer at Barnbrook Studio until 2020 and has since set up his own design studio. Marwan also founded Takweer, an online visual archive for queer culture in the Arabic speaking world.

Jeanna Constantin is an artist and graphic designer based in London of Swiss heritage (?). Her work focuses on the paradox and logics between human behaviour and their natural environment. As a designer, Jeanne has worked with ATLAS Arts, University of Oxford, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, and Gallery Bureau des Réalités.

Lara Baclig is a London-based writer and researcher raised in Switzerland of Filipino heritage. As an Ancient History graduate, her dissertation analysed gender constructs and eastern ‘foreignness’ in Ancient Greek society through Euripides' play Medea. She is a writer for ACA Project (Asian Contemporary Art) in France and contributes to U+Zine, Plurality University.

Image: Landing page of KUA website designed by Marwan Kaabour.