The Silent Unseen Audio Tour

Guided by narration, the audio tour invites participants to consider feelings, sensations, and the lived experiences of Asian American immigrants in relation to the space and architecture of the museum and Flushing Meadows Park. ayo ohs, along with special guests Betty Yu, Grace M. Cho, Helen Hyun-Kyung Park, Helen Zia, and Julman Tolentino, guide you through a journey of embodiment, somatic contemplation, and family histories. After experiencing the audio tour, participants are invited to leave a story of their own, creating an archive of oral histories and expanding the scope and scale of Asian American history.

The audio tour was conceived in the Engaging Artists’ fellowship at More Art, a NYC-based public art organization, and developed further through a 5-week art residency at Yaddo. It is inspired by conversations in community, activities with PISAB’s Asian Affinity group, and a lifetime of experiences.

The audio tour is the first part of a multi-tiered larger project, The Silent Unseen, exploring, unsilencing, and uplifting the voices of the Asian American diaspora. 

In the Fall, ayo ohs will present a panel discussion with Grace M. Cho, author of Tastes Like War, and Faye Yuan, producer of Queens Memory Podcast: Our Major Minor Voices, and other guests to discuss creative telling of Asian American histories.