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Interlude Artist Residency

August 12, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Interlude Artist Residency welcomes Kim Ye in August 2023 to work in a wide range of mediums. Kim Ye is to be provided with support during their residency to explore and expand their practice, which encompasses performance, sculpture, video, installation, text, and community organizing. Interlude Artist Residency, founded in 2019 by Elsie Kagan, is […]

Categories: 2023, EVERYTHING, news, Residency • Tags: artist families, Elsie Kagan, Family friendly artit residency, Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley arts, Interlude Artist Residency, Kim Ye

The Feminist Curse: Volume VII, Summer ’23

July 28, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

“The Feminist Curse,” Kim Ye’s essay on motherhood, eroticism, and domestic gender parity written from the point of view of a sex worker raising a boy is published in Petit Mort Magazine, Volume VII, Summer 2023. The essay is accompanied by black and white photographs taken by Mark McKnight of Kim Ye and her 6-month-old […]

Categories: 2023, EVERYTHING, news, publication • Tags: Allie Oops, Bardot Smith, Kim Ye, Lily Vivier, Mark McKnight, Mason Rose, Matthew Camp, Penelope Dario, Petit Mort Magazine, The Feminist Curse

The Greenhouse Project at UCSC

June 4, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

On Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 3 PM, Kim Ye will be giving a performative lecture at The Greenhouse Project on food, fertility, and border control through an analysis of the typical Costco shopper: a 39 y/o Asian American married woman who has a 4-degree or higher level of education, and makes over $125k/year. […]

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DOMestication screening at The Roxie

May 18, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

DOMestication is a film created by Kim Ye, directed by Maegan La Trese Philmore, and edited by Jessica Schilling. Inspired by the genre of bridal reality television, this piece chronicles Ye’s wedding to her partner through interviews with the artist, and her friends and family. In tracing the roots of Ye’s reluctance to wed, […]

Categories: 2023, EVERYTHING, news, screening • Tags: DOMestication, Film, Jessica Schiling, Kim Ye, Maegan La Trese Philmore, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex Workers Film & Arts Festival, Wedding

KCHUNG PUBLIC: Labor

May 13, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

KCHUNG PUBLIC, founded in 2011, invites visitors to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA at 152 North Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 on May 13th, 2023, from 2 pm to 6 pm, to enjoy performances, installations, and publications inspired by the Los Angeles Labor Union (also founded in 2011). This program is part of KCHUNG […]

Categories: 2023, event or performance, EVERYTHING, group exhibition, news, Residency • Tags: Alan Nakagawa, Alejandra Herrera Silva with Trinidad McMurry Herrera, Alex Sloane, Amelia Charter, Artzenkraft, Haleigh Nickerson, installation, KChung Radio residency, Kim Zumfe, Llano del Rio Collective, Los Angeles contemporary art, Los Angeles Labor Union, MOCA, Nicholas Phillips, performance art, publications

Vibrant Cities Art Grant Award

May 13, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

In June 2023, Kim Ye was awarded a grant from Vibrant Cities Art Grant. This financial support will provide Kim Ye with the means to engage in whatever artistic endeavors they wish to pursue, to research and develop ideas, embark on projects, and complete projects already underway. The Vibrant Cities Arts Grant 2023 is designed […]

Categories: 2023, EVERYTHING, Grant, news • Tags: Arts Development Fee Program, Kim Ye, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Vibrant Cities Art Grant

Asian Arts Initiative Residency

April 7, 2023 by Isabel Sosa Whitelaw

Digital Diasporas, founded by yáo collaborative in 2021, is a distributed, remote residency that gives artists the space to research, cultivate their practice, and convene across borders. Digital Diasporas is a spacious opportunity for artists to do deep thinking and form cross-border connections without the pressure of producing a final product. The final selections for the […]

Categories: 2023, EVERYTHING, news, Residency • Tags: Asian Arts Initiative, Beau Lai, Digital Diasporas residency, Kim Ye, Los Angeles, Winnie Cheung, yáo collaborative

Home LA: Venice

March 14, 2023 by Zac Chen

HomeLA produces site-specific interdisciplinary performance events in private residences. This Venice iteration takes place at the long-time canal-side home of Mark Mack and Faiza Alhassoun, and features the work of artists Young Joon Kwak & Kim Ye, Emily Marchand, Jobel Medina, Flora Wiegmann & Maya Gurantz, and Stephanie Dai. This HomeLA event explores the intersection […]

Categories: 2023, collaboration, event or performance, EVERYTHING, news, press • Tags: Architecture, Dance, Emily Marchand, Faiza Alhassoun, Flora Wiegmann, HomeLA, Jobel Medina, Kim Ye, Mark Mack, Matrilineal Ambivalences (in Venice), Maya Gurantz, Performance, performance art, Public and private space, Rites of Matrilineal Dissent, Site-specific performance, Stephanie Dai, venice beach, Young Joon Kwak, Young Joon Kwak & Kim Ye

Binge Watch—Excessive Eating—Performances

December 22, 2022 by Zac Chen

“Binge Watch—On Performances of Excessive Eating” is written by Lydia Horne, explores the concept of binge-watching by exploring the works of Kim Ye and Laura Ohio. The text initiates a discussion on the fascination with and discomfort around taboo topics like self-harm, domestic violence, and excessive consumption. The artist Kim Ye, who performs eating as […]

Categories: 2022, EVERYTHING, news, press • Tags: abjection, ASMR, binge-watching, curiosity, excessive eating, Kim Ye, Laura Ohio, Les Petites Morts, Lizzy, pancreatic cancer, performance art, pleasure, shame, voyeurism

FAIL SAFE: Los Angeles x Pittsburgh

November 5, 2022 by admin

FAIL SAFE: Los Angeles x Pittsburgh Friday & Saturday, November 11 – 12, 2022 8:00pm with ASL Interpretation Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave. Pay What Moves You: $15 – $35 BUY TICKETS HERE! Fail-Safe is a recurring variety performance show which brings together artists exploring performance across disciplines to present new experimental projects in […]

Categories: 2022, collaboration, event or performance, EVERYTHING, news • Tags: Angela Washko, Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts, Caroline Yoo, FAIL-safe, Fail-Safe and the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Fail-Safe: Los Angeles x Pittsburgh, Formosa (Jellyfish), Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Goofy Toof, Jesse Stiles, Kelly strayhorn theater, London Williams, Marvin Astorga and Young Joon Kwak, MICHIYAYA Dance featuring Anya Clarke-Verdery, Rites of Matrilineal Dissent, Samira Mendoza and Davine Byon, Scott Andrew, Swampwalk, The National Endowment for the Arts, Xina Xurner, Young Joon Kwak and Kim Ye