Articles by: Kwinnie Lê

Kwinnie Lê wants to reveal stories that are not always visible, which reveal themselves mainly in performances, installations and poetry when the body is at the centre. Once the body morphs, the way and the extent to which someone dares to be vulnerable changes. This affects another core element in her practice, which is language. In connection with language, she looks at its use as a way of including and excluding certain bodies.

06-Feb-2023

Whispers from the Past

This text explores histories of tattooing to showcase how certain supposed knowledges were skewed by dominant colonial narratives, from the tattooed people exhibited in human zoos to the modern tattooing industry that prioritises pale skin. In so doing, this paper questions existing methodologies in the creation and conception of knowledge and offers a playful way to decolonise knowledge.