This book chronicles the development and reception of 'The History Projects' through the artist's own reflections, and the writings and conversations that have circulated around them
Between 2005 and 2019, Hong Kong-born Australian artist John Young Zerunge created 11 art series which he called 'The History Projects'.
This book is a critical guide to this expansive body of artworks, which explore diasporic memory, transcultural identity, and what Young describes as an 'ethical responsibility' towards the past.
Featuring more than 400 images, and a wide variety of texts including new essays and interviews, key republished articles, poetry, artist reflections, and diary pages this book is a definitive reference for Young's transformative recent practice and its urgent reckoning with history as unfinished business.
With contributions from:
John Young, Olivier Krischer, Carolyn Barnes, John Clark, Venita Poblocki, Caroline Turner, Jen Webb, Sylvia D. Volz, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wolfgang Huber, Anette Simojoki , Thomas J. Berghuis, Jacquline Lo, Marc Glode, Brian Castro, Jennifer Mackenzie, Claire Hielscher, Nadia Rhook, Cyrus Tang, Pei Pei He, Sophie Loy-Wilson, Mikala Tai, Matt Cox, Claire Roberts, Aaron Seeto
Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of modern and contemporary art from East Asia and its diasporas, with a particular interest in photomedia. His recent curatorial projects include Wei Leng Tay-Abridge and Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan (co-curated with Shuxia Chen), from which he is developing two edited books. Olivier is a lecturer in curating and cultural leadership at the University of New South Wales and in Asian art history at the National Art School. Contributors: Carolyn Barnes, Thomas J. Berghuis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Brian Castro, John Clark, Matt Cox, Marc Glöde, Pei Pei He, Claire Hielscher, Wolfgang Huber, Jacquline Lo, Sophie Loy-Wilson, Jennifer Mackenzie, Venita Poblocki, Nadia Rhook, Claire Roberts, Aaron Seeto, Anette Simojoki, Mikala Tai, Cyrus Tang, Caroline Turner, Sylvia D. Volz, and Jen Webb
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