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May 12, 2022

A woman on the left looking confused, while a man on the right holds a cymbal in a bag, talking to the woman inside a cafe. In the foreground is a computer with two men on the screen holding a stack of money and in the background is a cafe.

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

F**k around and find out: gaze into the future’s future

TACLA in taclanese

May 24, 2021

Film still from RONG of protagonist played by Maryam Supraba, wearing a red dress, walking toward the camera through a dark alleyway, followed by a man at a distance, just out of focus.

The Uncontrollable Feminine & Southeast Asian Women Narratives

In Conversation with RONG Director…

TACLA in taclanese

May 11, 2020

Diasporic (Be)Longing in LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN + GYOPO

TACLA in taclanese

May 29, 2020

Body-Painted Korean Hot Pants

Animated Shorts and the Artist Subject

TACLA in taclanese

May 10, 2022

Film still from HILUM featuring a girl crouched on the floor looking upward

You Have Your Mother’s Eyes, Her Sadness Too

The first funeral I ever went to was my grandmother’s.

TACLA in taclanese

May 12, 2021

A compound image made of two film stills. On the left from IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES by Anne Koizumi is a claymation Asian character wearing an orange shirt and blue pants, holding a mushroom standing in a pine forest. On the right from TIGER AND OX by Seunghee Kim is a pencil sketch of a daughter figure sitting on her mother’s back. Her mother is lying down on the floor with her face propped up in her hands.

Deeper Than The Cosmos

There’s a certain type of art I’ve noticed resonates with a lot of Asians. I’ll…

TACLA in taclanese

Apr 24, 2020

Strands of Hope in Ms. Purple

Megan Sin reviews MS. PURPLE, which premiered in Canada at the 23rd Toronto Reel Asian International Film…

TACLA in taclanese

May 7

A collaged image against a white background features an illustrated head with enlarged pupils drawn in dark purple with pink shading, pasted onto a muscular torso in a blue tank top. The figure has their right arm up, bringing their fist over their left shoulder. The fist is holding sand trickling down. From behind the head sprouts a large bouquet of yellow sunflowers and orange and purple wildflowers, cut from a red background. A text graphic underneath reads: “be mad break glass have fun”.

be mad break glass have fun

by Yvette Sin

TACLA in taclanese

May 13, 2021

Steps Towards Black & Asian Solidarity — DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL

TACLA in taclanese

May 8, 2021

Creative Dissociations in Queer Cultures, Asian Cultures, and Jess X. Snow’s SAFE AMONG STARS

These were the top 10 stories published by taclanese; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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Taclanese is a publication run by TACLA, featuring critical writing on the Asian Canadian Arts community.

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