{"title":"Books \u0026 Magazines: Christine Sun Kim","description":"\u003cp class=\"h1\"\u003eChristine Sun Kim: All Day All Night \u003cspan\u003eMar 28–Aug 30, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"all-day-all-night-by-christine-kim","title":"Christine Sun Kim: ALL DAY ALL NIGHT","description":"\u003cp class=\"catanno\"\u003eEdited with text by Tom Finkelpearl, Jennie Goldstein, Pavel S. Py. Foreword by Mary Ceruti, Scott Rothkopf. Text by Brandon Eng, Christine Sun Kim, Seth Kim-Cohen, Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield, Park McArthur, Rose Pallone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bookpgcatcopy\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"redstrong\"\u003e“[Her] poetic and political art pushes viewers to consider the limits, and misunderstandings, that come with communication in any language.” —Andrew Russeth, the New York Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume surveys Christine Sun Kim’s works across painting, sculpture, drawing, moving image, performance, large-scale murals and collaborations with other artists made between 2011 and 2024. Kim’s practice considers how sound operates in society, deconstructing the politics of sound and exploring how oral languages operate as social currency. Identifying as Deaf and Korean American, Kim draws on musical notation, written language, infographics, American Sign Language (ASL) and the use of the body, strategically deploying humor to examine communication with her family and her community and to create new channels of dialogue with wide audiences.\u003cbr\u003ePublished alongside the traveling exhibition,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Day All Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis brimming with supplementary texts from curators, artists and scholars, including an interview between Christine Sun Kim and exhibition curators Tom Finkelpearl, Jennie Goldstein and Pavel S. Pys; scholarly contributions by Seth Kim-Cohen, Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield and Park McArthur; and an intimate artist timeline compiled by Brandon Eng and Rose Pallone. A substantial plate section follows these enriching text contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Sun Kim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(born 1980) is an American artist based in Berlin. Her work explores her relationship to spoken and signed languages, to her built and social environments and to the world at large. 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Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers.There is Harriet McBryde Johnson’s “Unspeakable Conversations,” which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith’s celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. 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