{"id":3590,"date":"2015-01-13T06:48:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3590"},"modified":"2015-07-11T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T12:58:36","slug":"a-identity-0-content-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3590","title":{"rendered":"Theme Issue: Identity Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/?page_id=1134\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Return to Issue 8 (2015) Table of Contents<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Identity Politics: Introduction by Rachel Zimmermann, Associate Editor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table style=\"border: 0px none; float: left; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: auto; width: 640px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"235\" height=\"176\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/118233632\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The goal of VJIC is to provide a stream of ideas and concepts concerning our global visual language.\u00a0 <br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n<p>Throughout history artists and academics alike have been significantly concerned with\u00a0 the relationship between art and issues of identity. From class distinctions in the funerary arts of Han Dynasty, China (206 BCE \u2013 220 CE) to contemporary investigations of the role advertisements and popular media play in constructing an \u201cideal,\u201d female body image, one can see an explicit connection between representations and the various categories of\u00a0 identity\u2014in terms of both a collective and an individual.<br \/>&#8230; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3737\"><strong>read<\/strong> <strong>more<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-color: style=;\" vertical-align:=\"\" black=\"\" border:=\"\" 0px=\"\" float:=\"\" left=\"\" width:=\"\" 100=\"\" border-collapse:=\"\" collapse=\"\" table-layout:=\"\" auto=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Identity Politics &#8211; June 2015<br \/>Third of three installments.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(Installments listed\u00a0 most recent first)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_4202\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peschek-11-400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4202\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peschek-11-400-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Christine Peschek\" class=\"wp-image-4202 size-medium\" height=\"300\" width=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peschek-11-400-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peschek-11-400-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peschek-11-400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Christine Peschek<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Christiane Peschek<\/strong><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3552\"><em><strong>13 Kinder<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>13<\/em> <em>Kinder <\/em>explores the enigmatic process of self-projection seen through the eyes of 13 Viennese orphaned children aged 4 to 10. For several months I worked with them on 13 potential futures that lack of referential past, on a process of imagination, self-reflection and representation. I was interested in the link between the memory and &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3552\"><em><strong> m<\/strong><\/em><strong><em><strong>o<\/strong>re<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><div id=\"attachment_4207\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madzigon-5306-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4207\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madzigon-5306-600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Jana Madzigo\" class=\"wp-image-4207\" height=\"161\" width=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madzigon-5306-600-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madzigon-5306-600-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madzigon-5306-600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Jana Madzigon<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Jana Madzigon<\/span><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3546\"><em><strong>Let there be Lucy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucy leads a secluded life without TV, radio, and mobile phone on the outskirts of Vienna. Her daily routine merges into preparations for the Vienna Regenbogen (Rainbow) Ball&#8230; <em><strong><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3546\"><em><strong>more<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><div id=\"attachment_4194\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Labeeb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4194\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Labeeb-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Abdi Osman\" class=\"wp-image-4194 size-medium\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Labeeb-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Labeeb-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Labeeb-1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Abdi Osman<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Abdi Osman<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3556\"><em><strong>Labeeb<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Labeeb<\/em> is an intimate portrait of Sumaya, a Somali trans-woman. The project consists of large-scale color photographs. Some of the photographs are studio portraits where Sumaya sat for the artist; others depict Sumaya in her daily life. The photographs add texture and complexity to Osman\u2019s attempt to engage with questions of gender, sexuality,\u00a0 and &#8230; <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3556\">more<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_4175\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/eber_matriarch2-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4175\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/eber_matriarch2-600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dena Elisabeth Eber\" class=\" wp-image-4175\" height=\"170\" width=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/eber_matriarch2-600-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/eber_matriarch2-600-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/eber_matriarch2-600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Dena Elisabeth Eber<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dena Elisabeth Eber<\/span><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3558\"><em><strong>Her Mikveh<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This work addresses the way contemporary American Jewish women reconcile their ancient identities within the context of their feminist ideals in an assimilated world. To have this conversation I use the ancient religious ritual performed by women of immersing oneself in a \u201c<em>mikveh<\/em>,\u201d &#8230; <em><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3558\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Identity Politics &#8211; April 2015<br \/>Second of three installments.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(Installments are listed with the most recent first)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><div id=\"attachment_3650\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sanyu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3650\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sanyu-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tank Girl\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3650\" height=\"300\" width=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sanyu-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sanyu-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sanyu.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanyu<br \/>Described as being &#8220;Tank Girl as a boi meets Mursi tribe of Ethiopa.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong>Ace Lehner<\/strong><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3542\">Checking Out Original Plumbing:<\/a> <\/em>Considering the political, social and aesthetic relevance of the most popular Trans Male Quarterly in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3064\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><em>From Laverne Cox on the cover of TIME magazine to Jared Leto\u2019s portrayal of Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, the United States saw an unprecedented number of trans* people in popular culture &#8230; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3542\">more<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_4000\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/zoe-600-ROWSINGLS2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4000\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/zoe-600-ROWSINGLS2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Sira-Zoe Schmid\" class=\" wp-image-4000\" height=\"159\" width=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/zoe-600-ROWSINGLS2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/zoe-600-ROWSINGLS2-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/zoe-600-ROWSINGLS2.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Sira-Zoe Schmid<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong>Sira-Zoe Schmid<br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3554\">The Untitled Portrait Series<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3064\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><em>On the other hand the body becomes a sculpture, and by erasing the face the body becomes a body without identity. Yet, this identity is not entirely &#8230; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3554\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3986\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/williams-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3986\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/williams-01-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 williams\" class=\" wp-image-3986\" height=\"171\" width=\"263\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Williams<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong><strong>Antoine Williams<\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3544\"><strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3544\">Animal Illustrations<\/a><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3560\"><em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I question how low-income communities of color and their relation with other social classes affect perception and behavior. My work is heavily influenced by sci-fi literature, such as <em>Brave New World <\/em>and <em>Fahrenheit 451<\/em>. I believe science fiction relates greatly to the Black experience &#8230; <strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3544\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\" div=\"\" class=\"mceTemp\"><div id=\"attachment_3970\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nguyen-vjic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3970\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/nguyen-vjic-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Nguyen  from video: Processing of Affection\" class=\" wp-image-3970\" height=\"117\" width=\"268\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Nguyen from video: Processing of Affection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><strong>Anh-Thuy Nguyen<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3550\"><em><strong>Thuy &amp; Rice<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gI\"><span email=\"formeiris@gmail.com\" name=\"Iris Anam Cara\" class=\"gD\">\u00a0 <em>Thuy\u0301 &amp; Rice portrays my responses to my Vietnamese heritage\u2019s expectations and belief via a semi-fictional character named, Thuy\u0301. The act of sculpting a rice ball is a representation<\/em><\/span><\/span><em>&#8230;<strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3550\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3983\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fini-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3983\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fini-1-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Fini  from video &quot;Fair and Lost&quot;\" class=\" wp-image-3983\" height=\"162\" width=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fini-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fini-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fini-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Fini from video &#8220;Fair and Lost&#8221;<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Francesca Fini<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3548\"><em><strong>Fair and Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I was always fascinated by how different men are from me. It seems to me that their minds are built from boxes obsessed by power and their penis. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3548\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n            <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong><br \/>Identity Politics &#8211; February 2015<br \/><\/strong>(First of three installments)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-color: black; border: 0px; float: left; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3625\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3625\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/washko2-150x137.jpg\" alt=\"Screen grab: \u00a9 Washko\" class=\" wp-image-3625\" height=\"212\" width=\"226\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen grab: \u00a9 Washko<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong>Angela Washko<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3538\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Playing A Girl<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3064\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><em>Washko is interested in the impulse of the community\/player-base to create a somewhat oppressive, misogynistic space for women within a physical environment that is otherwise accessible and inviting. Furthermore, <em>WoW<\/em> is a geographically, politically, economically, socially, and racially diverse community . &#8230; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3538\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3619\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/09Matthew_09_Tom_Before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3619\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/09Matthew_09_Tom_Before-150x98.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Annu Palakunnathu Matthew.\" class=\" wp-image-3619\" height=\"159\" width=\"236\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Annu Palakunnathu Matthew and sepiaEYE, nyc.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong>Annu Palakunnathu Matthew<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3521\"><em>An Indian from India<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3064\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><em>As an immigrant, I am often questioned about where I am \u201creally from.\u201d\u00a0 When I say that I am Indian, I often have to clarify that I am an Indian from India.\u00a0 It seems strange that all this confusion started because Christopher Columbus thought &#8230; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3521\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3666\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3666\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gazelle Samizay\" class=\" wp-image-3666\" height=\"347\" width=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-UMD-Samizay.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Gazelle Samizay<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><strong><strong>Gazelle Samizay<\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3064\"><strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3560\"><em><strong>Upon My Daughter<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Several women collectively embroider the wedding dress of a young bride as she wears it.\u00a0Each thread and stitch symbolizes one piece of advice the young bride is given.\u00a0Individually, the threads are very delicate, but amassed together their strength&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3560\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\" div=\"\" class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_3632\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 237px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dugan3-Connor_pregnant_2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dugan3-Connor_pregnant_2012.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Jess Dugan\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3632\" height=\"288\" width=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dugan3-Connor_pregnant_2012.jpg 227w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dugan3-Connor_pregnant_2012-118x150.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">\u00a9 Jess Dugan<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/C1-3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><strong>Jess Dugan<br \/><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3530\"><strong>Every Breath We Drew<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gI\"><span email=\"formeiris@gmail.com\" name=\"Iris Anam Cara\" class=\"gD\">\u00a0<em>Working within the framework of queer experience and from my actively constructed sense of masculinity, my portraits examine the intersection between private, individual identity and the search for intimate connection\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><em>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3530\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/C1-3.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/C1-3.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/C1-3.jpg\"><\/a><div id=\"attachment_3615\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/szombat-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/szombat-2-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Video Screen Capture Eva Szombat &quot;Eve's Adam&quot;\" class=\" wp-image-3615\" height=\"136\" width=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/szombat-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/szombat-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/szombat-2.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Video Screen Capture Eva Szombat &#8220;Eve&#8217;s Adam&#8221;<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Eva Szombat<br \/><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3564\"><strong>Eve&#8217;s Adams<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I was always fascinated by how different men are from me. It seems to me that their minds are built from boxes obsessed by power and their penis.\u00a0&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3564\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 220px;\"><div id=\"attachment_3602\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-dogs-1-cat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3602\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-dogs-1-cat-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Sarah Ferguson\" class=\" wp-image-3602\" height=\"180\" width=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-dogs-1-cat-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-dogs-1-cat-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-dogs-1-cat.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Sarah Ferguson<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Ferguson<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3534\"><em>Unleashed<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I am devoted to exposing advertisements as controlling mechanisms that destroy women and promote corporate greed at the expense of our humanity. Currently, my body of work consists of almost one hundred artworks. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3534\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px;\">\n            <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to Issue 8 (2015) Table of Contents Identity Politics: Introduction by Rachel Zimmermann, Associate Editor The goal of VJIC is to provide a stream of ideas and concepts concerning our global visual language.\u00a0 Throughout history artists and academics alike &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3590\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88910,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2KsSU-VU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3590"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4242,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3590\/revisions\/4242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}