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多重意义的(酷儿)抵抗 [售罄]
On Alternative Means of (Queer) Resistance [Sold Out]
11.19 2020
untitled folder is a Mandarin and English bilingual culture, art and fashion publication founded by Edge Yang, co-edited by boihugo. “With a focus on masculinities and global oriental queer, we persist in marching forward in the exploration of multiple truths. We expect the rising of newborn powers. We raise questions, and try to defend our values alongside our doubts. We explore the boundar- ies of our identifications, in order to seek a friendlier context for di-alogue.”
In this issue of “On Alternative Means of (Queer) Resistance”: researcher and writer tonghu reviews Zheng Bo’s Pteridophilia and reflects on ‘plant queerness’ and anthropocentrism, proposing the abandonment of language and a return to the body and action; fashion stylist Edge Yang subverts the racial and gender identities of Western Gods by creating images of Oriental Queer Gods with the help of photographer Yi Tuo and art director Zipeng, scrutinizing and interrogating an absolute authority unchallenged for centuries; and Edge’s editorial is photographed against the backdrop of a classical theatre stage where queer folk have long been underrepresented, mixing two seemingly contradictory narratives: blurred facial features and personality cults.
Our Global Oriental Queer Association welcomes six new members: shaonan, tommyxiexin, canalplasctic, Oscar Ouyang and (according to him) Naomi Campbell’s ‘daughter’ Oscar Chik. We chat loudly but attentively about sex, love, urban life, mental health, identity politics and breakfast recipes, building a safe space for us all in 2020 in the form of our oral histories.
Also featured: untitled folder commissions former queer soldier Vanney, ‘Sainsbury’s bouncer’ Cyril, tortured art tutor Zeehan, adventurous housewife Sans and full-time Tinder gold user Rayleigh to pose with the theme of “post-quarantine rave looks”, accompanied by short anecdotes about their cutest clubbing experiences. In the same feature, thinker and writer Xi Shaonan takes the Queer nightlife scenes of Beijing and Shanghai as examples, introducing a ‘temporary feeling of freedom’ and aesthetic emancipation as an indirect, low cost means of resistance: ‘It is when, at its best, the struggles across boundaries melt into one and many.’
来自上海的《untitled folder》是一本拥有酷儿视角的文化/时装杂志。带着对“东亚酷儿”与“男子气概“的关注，在文化、艺术与时装领域中寻求多元真相，探求新型力量，探索自我认知的边界，寻求更友善的语境。
从最初的手工 DIY 制作到如今带有特殊工艺的硬皮封面，经历五年的自出版发展，这本《untitled folder》越发专业而有趣。
第五期主题为“多重意义的 (酷儿) 抵抗”，邀请文化研究者和写作者胡桐，将艺术家郑波的作品《蕨恋》为始，以“植物酷儿”为线，反思人类中心主义，倡导抛弃语言、回归身体与行为的实践；时装造型师 Edge Yang 在摄影师 Yi Tuo 和艺术指导 zipeng 的协助下，挑战西方众神的种族和性别身份，转而描绘一幅东亚酷儿神像，重新审视千古年来不曾变化过的绝对权威；同一主题下，Edge 以另一角度切入，以鲜有酷儿身影的古典舞台戏剧为背景，模糊个人特征的同时若有若无地赋予图像“个人崇拜”的复杂叙事。
延续自上期的“环球东方酷儿协会”迎来六位新成员：shaonan、tommyxiexin、canalplastic、Oscar Ouyang、Felix Choong 和（Naomi Campbell的女儿）Oscar Chik，继续大声细聊性，爱，城市生活，心理健康、身份政治和早餐食谱，以口述历史的形式在2020年共同构筑一个属于我们的安全空间。同时，酷儿前军丽 Vanney、“英国连锁超市门童” Cyril、备受折磨的艺术（家）导师杨喆涵、西双版纳探险主妇 Sans 以及全职 Tinder Gold* 用户 Rayleigh 为我们献上以“疫情后第一次出门跳舞”为命题的绝世美照，各显神通，配以简短文字，助我们得以一窥他们最可爱的夜生活经历；写作者郗少男紧随其后，以北京和上海的酷儿夜生活场景为序，尝试探讨短暂的自由感和美学解放作为一种间接且低门槛的抵抗的可能性。“夜晚里，不同的抗争融为一体，又尽欢而散。”
我们在昏暗的舞池中得到自我的洗礼，我们在植物丛中与自然无间地联系，我们在众神眼中看到渺小的自己，寻找属于我们的应许之地。这是我们在这一期中所作出的尝试：一次对“非寻常抵抗方式”的审美实践。
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