SLAAAP!! (Sexually Liberated Asian Artist Activist People!) was a queer Asian arts-activist collective, active from 1997-2001, who produced activist print media projects with camp and humor to engage issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, immigration and homophobia in the Asian community. Initiated through APICHA (Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS), the collective collaborated with several community-based organziations in its time, including the Audre Lorde Project, Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York, South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association, and Kilawin Kolektibo and the Queens Museum of Art.
Installation view and details of a collaborative project with SLAAAP! (Sexually Liberated Asian Artist Activist People!). Recognize creates an alternate family history and genealogy. We gathered images donated by Queer-identified Asians of openly and ambiguously gay family members and linked these to imagined stories. This project shares my interest in mining untold histories, and engaging an audience with complex issues such as sexual health and desire by a situating them in a cultural context. [link]
This poster is titled "Recognize" and came out in 2001.