Art and Chinamaxxing: Astria Suparak and Techno-Orientalism - Asian American Arts Alliance
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This essay is one of a two-part series that considers the viral trend of Chinamaxxing through the work of contemporary AAPI artists Astria Suparak and Stephanie H. Shih. Read the second essay, by curator, writer, and art historian Julianne Miao, here. In January 2025, millions of American TikTok users facing the potential shutdown of the platform migrated onto Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media app most had never heard of. Through this app (also known as RedNote), many Americans discovered an inside look into the everyday lives of Chinese netizens, vastly different from the China they knew…
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