Group Exhibition: 39 Footnotes
2025/02/13- 2025/03/30
Artists: Eugenie Cha 차 유지니
Wah-Ming Chang 張華明 & Shih-Ming Chang 張詩明
Chang Yuchen 常羽辰
Lisa Hsiao Chen 陳蕭琪
Cui Fei 崔斐
Gabqing Dezhu 加布青·德卓
Dieel Guik 叠贵
NiNi Dongnier 𑂦𑂨𑂡𑂻 东妮尔
Fuzhou Sisters 福州姐妹
Rachel Hillery
Yasmine Anlan Huang 黃安瀾
Nuokan Huang 黃诺侃
Bidhata KC बिधाता केसी
Christina Yuna Ko 고 유나 高由奈
Lu Yinyin 陸茵茵
Mu Ming & Zhao Zhichen 幕明 & 赵智沉
Shanghai Pie (Zheng Yaohua) “上海派” 郑耀华
Joy Shen & Shengxuan Yu 沈悦辰 & 于晟煊
Shen Xin 沈莘
Tianya Genv 天涯铭女
Wan Xia 万夏
Ye'ela Wilschanski יֵאָלַה וִילְשַנְסְקִי
Didi Wu 吴迪
Wu Peiyue 吴佩悦
Ye Wuji 叶无忌
Zhao Song 赵松
Opening ceremony:
Feb 13th 6:30-8:30 PM
Presented as the inaugural exhibition at Accent Sisters’ new location in NYC’s Union Square, 39 Footnotes is a spatial verse co-authored by 28 visual artists, novelists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, furniture designers, and other creative minds from various media, alongside the three project initiators—Qianfan Gu, Jiaoyang Li, and Na Zhong. The opening reception will take place on February 13th from 6 to 8 PM, featuring special Qinghong rice wine served by Fuzhou Sisters.
39 Footnotes explores the multifaceted meaning of “mother tongue,” both in our daily lives and creative practices: Mother tongue can be a non-language; it can even stand in opposition to language itself. So deeply intertwined with our being, it sometimes defies expression through ready-made words and insists on speaking through a reimagined, reinvented silence. Mother tongue is a certain gravity—a force that imposes itself upon us without permission or awareness. It grounds and roots us in places we cherish but also holds us back when we long to leap or soar. Mother tongue is a wearable IP, a code lost in dissipation, a familiar unfamiliarity. It is a uterus that shapes a persona or nurtures a sword. Mother tongue is a portable palace to run riot in.
Starting from Feb. 23 to Jun. 1, the exhibition comes with a screening program curated by Ruoyun Chen, featuring films such as Ann Hui’s 詩 Elegies (2023).
Additionally, a newly commissioned performance by artist Ye’ela Wilschanski, Setting | A Performance in a Bookstore, will mark the show’s closing on March 30th.
