asian america: the future is now
a series of portraits of queer, non-binary, Asian-American creatives working to redefine and reimagine their futures through movement, poetry, and meditative healing![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab2b7534ec161c30d253f2da4ed75f58dcaad239e6a0c800adc56edd8bdfe5d5/2019.05-AA-TFIN-Selects-10.jpg)
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Stills from movement piece Seed (種)Jasmine Lin and Kyoko Takenaka collectively embody the growth of a seed and shapeshift through different stages of birth and death, love and grief - creating empathy and knowledge that they are one with the earth and each other. Seed (種) is a meditative performance, as well as an equally important exploration of a budding friendship.
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“what is the future if not a homecoming to your past?
sometimes,
I’ve found
the best way to build tomorrow is to return to it”
- Jenevieve Ting from “grand country”
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