WHAT DO INVISIBILITY AND SILENCE FEEL FOR OUR GROUP?

To us, it feels like not being desirable for the West. Eating habits and the food itself play a big role in there. For example, sauce is seen as main part in many African countries. Food is made for survival and not to please the eyes. Bringing a duck to a children's birthday party, which is quite common for Chinese people, is also perceived as strange.
When it comes to pop culture and being the minority, we were not able as kids to talk about the TV shows we watched and music we listened to with most other kids as they had a different taste and could relate more to mainstream European media.
That made me feel isolated, strange, yet sometimes superior as I had access to a different pop culture which other kids did not understand.



HOW DO YOU FEEL COLONIALISM CLOSEST IN YOUR LIFE?

By having a white dad and being partly raised by my white grandmother who both amplified European liberal values and had little support for my Chinese mother.

HOW DO YOU HEAR/LOOK/FEEL FOR WHAT ISN'T SAID, SEEN OR FELT?

By stepping out of generalisation, and amplifying the diaspora experience by sharing our embodied stories of not belonging. In our projects for the decolonised zine, we aim to encourage others to reflect on their experiences and listen to each other.

Content-wise, we will include:
- introductory manifesto: dictionary, editors letter etc
- poster
- womxn’s project (idea: cut out archival image of womxn and put
her in another setting, e.g. first womxn on a moon)
- children’s learning books: to learn a language
- text: reclaiming your own language (in a textual story)
- recipe
- code-switching visual/textual stories
- unseen inspirations from our heritage (objects, signs, packaging etc)
- video focused on transformation (cooking, dialogues, recipe)
- satire story? fake conversations for example