https://noahzhouartist.com Noah Zhou Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:18:19 +0000 https://noahzhouartist.com en https://noahzhouartist.com/WHEN-IT-S-CONVENIENT-FOR-YOU-copy Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:18:19 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/WHEN-IT-S-CONVENIENT-FOR-YOU-copy Zài ni fāngbiàn de shíhòu (WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT FOR YOU, 2021.&nbsp; Acrylic on canvas with Toyota Camry door.&nbsp; 72 x 72.” This large scale painting was made in response to the wave of anti-Asian violence that affected New York City during the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp; Inscribed across overlaid scenes of Chinatown, the repeating phrase “WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT FOR YOU” critiques society’s collective understanding of representation as a pathway to acceptance and belonging, positing such promises as harmful conflations. Included beneath the paint surface, archival print materials document various critical texts, comic book images, news clippings, and communication documents circulated in the 1990s by the Godzilla group– one of the earliest art collectives to organize around the premise of an Asian-American identity politic.&nbsp; The focal point of the painting features the image of an autoworker smashing a Toyota– one of the prevailing images from the influential documentary, Who Killed Vincent Chin? <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e7efbf93b7d73ddb41e3b019cf3a0800270c225a598a3561a3f821a2e8b8076/WHEN-ITS-CONVENIENT-FOR-YOU.jpg" data-mid="226500641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e7efbf93b7d73ddb41e3b019cf3a0800270c225a598a3561a3f821a2e8b8076/WHEN-ITS-CONVENIENT-FOR-YOU.jpg" /> <img width="1583" height="1583" width_o="1583" height_o="1583" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d807cc8c748430ef38dfbc0c9f7fd9adf5ef67149727fc8ec1efbf47d5b14b7/WHEN-IT-S-CONVENIENT-FOR-YOU-detail.jpg" /> https://noahzhouartist.com/LIAR-KILLER Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:10:38 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/LIAR-KILLER LIAR-KILLER, 2021.&nbsp; Acrylic on fine arts photo paper.&nbsp; 13 x 19.” Since 2021, demolition has been underway on the site of the Manhattan Detention Complex to clear space for a planned structure that community activists are referring to as “the megajail.”&nbsp; With a proposed layout that will handily triple the cubic footage of the existing prison, construction of the megajail will disrupt adjacent residences and small businesses while dominating the northern skyline of Chinatown’s historic Columbus Park.&nbsp; Poised to violate the physical and psychological confines of a community that is already hurting, the Chinatown megajail is a perfect case study for the deep divisions that carceral, ableist, and antiblack policies create. <img width="2000" height="1368" width_o="2000" height_o="1368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/858e24c3e50a216921fb7c57a0739c54c64a7a91021327943fd8a84caadb835d/Liar-Killer-submission-1.jpg" data-mid="163795138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/858e24c3e50a216921fb7c57a0739c54c64a7a91021327943fd8a84caadb835d/Liar-Killer-submission-1.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1368" width_o="2000" height_o="1368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f370bc5a4d6402c34bb177d948bf8bde46d5fd1c0da90aab79649436bdb9470/Liar-Killer-submission-2.jpg" data-mid="163795139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f370bc5a4d6402c34bb177d948bf8bde46d5fd1c0da90aab79649436bdb9470/Liar-Killer-submission-2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1368" width_o="2000" height_o="1368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/164987c5680d8a39ed7309e4ca357bea6f49d4de64e54571ca5962147cba9eb0/Liar-Killer-submission-3.jpg" data-mid="163795141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/164987c5680d8a39ed7309e4ca357bea6f49d4de64e54571ca5962147cba9eb0/Liar-Killer-submission-3.jpg" /> https://noahzhouartist.com/NO-TURBULENCE Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:01:34 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/NO-TURBULENCE NO TURBULENCE, 2023.&nbsp; Saddle stitch booklet.&nbsp; 4.25 x 5.5.” NO TURBULENCE is a screenplay that follows two grandparents reading the palm of their grandchild's hand.&nbsp; As the characters trace along the three major palm lines (the lifeline, career line, and love line), the narrative weaves through images of the Manhattan Detention Center complex, Lunar New Year celebrations, and protests in Chinatown.&nbsp; The title NO TURBULENCE refers simultaneously to the disconnect created while the grandparents project impossible dreams and aspirations for their grandchild, and to the pervasive expansion of the carceral state beneath the surface of New York City. <img width="2000" height="1333" 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DERAILED, 2023.&nbsp; Acrylic on canvas with mixed media.&nbsp; 72 x 72.” DERAILED is a large-scale, mixed-media acrylic painting that uses railway objects and visuals to examine relationships between racialized violence, infrastructure, and historical canons. While recognizing New York City’s contemporary subways as centers for potential danger, the painting draws careful connections across shared histories of labor and movement beginning with 19th-century migrant railroad workers. Synthesizing photographic imagery of New York City’s 7 Train with reproductions of documents, texts, maps, and toy trains, the painting presents rail lines as pathways that pierce through complicated legacies of systemic racism. The landscape imagery used in the painting, collected from observation in Flushing, Queens, records the rail infrastructure that enables daily mass-migrations of satellite working communities to fill service jobs in Manhattan. The composition also alludes to Corky Lee’s famous restaging of the photograph commemorating the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, in which the artist honored the descendents of the rail workers pushed outside the frame. DERAILED traces repressed histories of migration, class struggle, and racialized violence through the rail, demarcating the image of the railway as a symbol of resistance. To derail is to acknowledge the structures that delineate our shared histories and crash through them. Into wreckage; into futurity. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/213bd3aeda639aecbcfb690b91ac0b1bc7c3f01855043623b910b23b807e05a8/derailed-full-screen-sized.png" data-mid="201960942" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/213bd3aeda639aecbcfb690b91ac0b1bc7c3f01855043623b910b23b807e05a8/derailed-full-screen-sized.png" /> <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/160d69e6e79aa8ce08b69c5ded6b5d9ab657c93082d350c8651585dc89ab5bd0/derailed-detail-5-1080.png" data-mid="201960941" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/160d69e6e79aa8ce08b69c5ded6b5d9ab657c93082d350c8651585dc89ab5bd0/derailed-detail-5-1080.png" /> <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d3b3907c97ea86c045377f3a9eb5fa9cc58677ad97de0431d356f68fb764550/derailed-detail-1-1080.png" data-mid="201960939" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d3b3907c97ea86c045377f3a9eb5fa9cc58677ad97de0431d356f68fb764550/derailed-detail-1-1080.png" /> <img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a7f1ad9d881162039cf33b39a8dd5f4477bb9ace3b537dab29acc90c26e2a46/derailed-detail-4-1080.png" data-mid="201960940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a7f1ad9d881162039cf33b39a8dd5f4477bb9ace3b537dab29acc90c26e2a46/derailed-detail-4-1080.png" /> https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-TUTORIAL Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:29:15 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-TUTORIAL LEVEL ONE: TUTORIAL The first rule of game boy color is that you don’t get to play with game boy color.&nbsp; It doesn’t care what you think.&nbsp; game boy color is just a little bit taller, stronger, faster, better looking, and of a higher level of intellect than its competition– standing a cut above the rest.&nbsp; game boy color will teach you how to live.&nbsp; It’s a game about taking on the entire world and coming out on top.&nbsp; game boy color is set somewhere in between… <img width="8100" height="12000" width_o="8100" height_o="12000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2b2401cb221430a5e0a95c3f5dbe9f211676a86edfe83d3d070dd4aabf79841/LEVEL1GAMEBOYCOLOR.png" data-mid="165044120" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2b2401cb221430a5e0a95c3f5dbe9f211676a86edfe83d3d070dd4aabf79841/LEVEL1GAMEBOYCOLOR.png" /> Playing Nintendo in the food storage at the back of your best friend’s family-operated Chinese restaurant.&nbsp; Being pinned down to the ground by three kids dropping baseballs on your face.&nbsp; Carving out a new life for yourself in a big city.&nbsp; *Screams in anime battle noises.*&nbsp; Not taking part in your war machine.&nbsp; Calling your grandparents on the phone.&nbsp; Forgetting to call your grandparents on the phone.&nbsp; Adopting the ancient art of Shaolin kung-fu to obliterate your enemies with extraordinary feats of dominant power.&nbsp; Molding your personality and moral decision-making around four oversized, delinquent turtle-men named for Renaissance masters and their rat daddy.&nbsp; Spitting on the museum floor because their preferred method of preservation is taxidermy.&nbsp; Giving life to vital breath (生气 shēng qì).&nbsp; Laughing in the face of danger– it doesn’t hurt, it never did hurt, and it’s not going to hurt.&nbsp; Making families out of total strangers.&nbsp; Honoring those who came before you.&nbsp; Remembering the ones you lost along the way.&nbsp; Drawing heroes at the table with brother. https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-REINCARNATION Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:36:27 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-REINCARNATION LEVEL TWO: REINCARNATION To the Community, It’s happening again.&nbsp; We unequivocally condemn the ongoing and increased manifestations of anti-Asian violence, harassment, and racism in New York City and across the country.&nbsp; These violent acts reflect a history of prejudice and discrimination toward Asian and Asian American communities in the United States. <img width="8100" height="12000" width_o="8100" height_o="12000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/513212e5e59dc2e99a8e3c267739044ba4af80d09170d7977c16c82e5d5ce200/LEVEL2REINCARNATION.png" data-mid="165044773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/513212e5e59dc2e99a8e3c267739044ba4af80d09170d7977c16c82e5d5ce200/LEVEL2REINCARNATION.png" /> We honor the memories of all victims of racial violence who senselessly lost their lives and have been harmed due to hate.&nbsp; We know that the true scale and personal toll of these acts go well beyond the cases that receive media attention, and the all-too-fleeting moments of public outrage that ensue. Sadly, these are not new issues.&nbsp; We have been here before and have issued statements all the same.&nbsp; And while our company must not be silent in the face of pervasive and persistent issues of racism and violence, we know that to help disrupt the insidious and violent nature of racism and all forms of hate against marginalized communities, and to help support and heal our community, we must do more than offer statements of solidarity&nbsp; We will work to help educate and support our community.&nbsp; We will contribute our tools and resources to build a more just community within and beyond the company.&nbsp; As an organization that values diversity, we must be heard in leading the call for an end to racism and the violent acts and policies that it engenders. The Human Resources Office is working across the company on policies and practices to build a more safe, equitable, just, and inclusive community.&nbsp; In our programming, we are using the tools at our avail to impact the lives of our community and disrupt discrimination, violence, and stratification based upon identity.&nbsp; There is more to be done. https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-3-TRUE-OUTCOMES Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:41:23 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-3-TRUE-OUTCOMES LEVEL THREE: 3 TRUE OUTCOMES In modern baseball the analytics departments have adopted a “three true outcomes” approach to game philosophy and roster construction.&nbsp; In this model, player acquisition and management decisions are predicated on the three true outcomes of a homerun, walk, or strikeout.&nbsp; The baseball analysts have recognized that batted balls in play– in all their excitement and unpredictability– are actually unconducive to achieving the most efficient form of baseball possible.&nbsp; The three true outcomes and SABRmetric baseball will continue to eradicate game diversity, athletic intuition, and playstyles that deviate from the consensus player archetype.&nbsp; This is moneyball and the live ball era died a long time ago. <img width="8100" height="12000" width_o="8100" height_o="12000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10b719aaf3e50fba8bb830bf086fb003f7cecdafde45a5b158e092f18130ed08/LEVEL4GAMEBOYCOLOR.png" data-mid="165045498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10b719aaf3e50fba8bb830bf086fb003f7cecdafde45a5b158e092f18130ed08/LEVEL4GAMEBOYCOLOR.png" /> Outside of the United States, the countries that produce the most professional baseball players include the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Japan, Columbia, and South Korea.&nbsp; Follow the path of American imperialism. While a small percentage of professional ballplayers reach the majors, the vast majority spend their entire careers trying to progress through a multi-tiered minor league system where the average salary ranges from $4,800 to $14,000.&nbsp; Prased alternatively, the average professional baseball player earns something between 5 and 32 percent of a living wage in the United States.&nbsp; Follow the path of American slavery. https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-LOVE-LETTER Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:45:29 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-LOVE-LETTER LEVEL FOUR: LOVE LETTER <img width="8100" height="12000" width_o="8100" height_o="12000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6361de463d17d66d7923b891d7b61bdc124b1cfce4e1e905f2bd2994774067bf/love-letter-poster.png" data-mid="165046143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6361de463d17d66d7923b891d7b61bdc124b1cfce4e1e905f2bd2994774067bf/love-letter-poster.png" /> text under revision https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-PACIFIC-DREAMS Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:53:01 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/gameboycolor-PACIFIC-DREAMS LEVEL FIVE: PACIFIC DREAMS NEVER SAW THE PACIFIC BUT I ONE DAY DREAM TO– STAND UNDER THE HOT TAP AND THINK ABOUT A FUTURE. MY ANCHOR SKIPPING OVER THE FLOOR I SHOUT: “I’M AN OCEAN TOO!” I MIMIC ITS STUPID MOVEMENTS WITH CURRENTS OF MY OWN. SORRY UGLY, BUT YOU’RE JUST A WAVE. SORRY OLD FRIEND, BUT YOU’RE JUST A WAVE. SORRY LITTLE WING, BUT IT’S ALL JUST WAVES NOW. NEVER SAW THE PACIFIC BUT I ONE DAY BELIEVE TO– PACIFIC MEANS PEACE, RIGHT? OCEANS ARE FOREVER, RIGHT? :) <img width="8100" height="12000" width_o="8100" height_o="12000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64a4ebb19073201934c88d185f34bbeeed3bf117f7ab144e33414febabd454d2/LEVEL3PACIFICDREAMS.png" data-mid="165047641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64a4ebb19073201934c88d185f34bbeeed3bf117f7ab144e33414febabd454d2/LEVEL3PACIFICDREAMS.png" /> https://noahzhouartist.com/Loser-on-a-Winning-Streak Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:15:39 +0000 Noah Zhou https://noahzhouartist.com/Loser-on-a-Winning-Streak Loser on a Winning Streak, 2025.&nbsp; Acrylic on canvas with mixed media, 16 x 20”. Loser on a Winning Streak is a painting made to commemorate Manhattan Chinatown’s resistance to New York City’s practices of over-policing and carceral expansion. In Columbus Park, residents play basketball in the shadow of the “megajail” construction zone– a contested site where the city is erecting the world’s new tallest jail. The painted surface masks hand-collaged images of military imperialism, immigration police raids, martial arts cinema, American consumer culture, and the politicians responsible for implementing the borough-based jail plan that threatens to erode Chinatown’s people and history. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff6e8d45e4f3873804bfc9d6b324db4b8679a186603416f49d9dc2f460e3767/moma-updated-edit-reduced.jpg" data-mid="226500658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ff6e8d45e4f3873804bfc9d6b324db4b8679a186603416f49d9dc2f460e3767/moma-updated-edit-reduced.jpg" />