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Fantasy as Resistance
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2021
Artist: JiaJing Sun (Chinese)
Dimensions:
12 x 16cm, 120 pages
Medium: Risograph printed book, hardback paper covered, foil debossed
Object number: UAC 1069
DescriptionJiaJing studied MA Graphic Media Design at London College of Communication. She says:
'‘Fantasy as resistance’ as a publication used the ‘encoding/decoding’ theory of Stuart Hall to express how producers disseminate the queer discourse on the ‘danmei adapted drama’ (adapted from boys’ love novel) through encoding and how fans decode it to interpret every ‘normal’ interaction between the two characters and see the true love between them. The attempt to show homosexuality, even in the imagination of the fans, can serve as a power to counter the established heteronormative norms under the censorship of mainstream media and a burgeoning ‘queer pop’ scene in China.'
'‘Fantasy as resistance’ as a publication used the ‘encoding/decoding’ theory of Stuart Hall to express how producers disseminate the queer discourse on the ‘danmei adapted drama’ (adapted from boys’ love novel) through encoding and how fans decode it to interpret every ‘normal’ interaction between the two characters and see the true love between them. The attempt to show homosexuality, even in the imagination of the fans, can serve as a power to counter the established heteronormative norms under the censorship of mainstream media and a burgeoning ‘queer pop’ scene in China.'