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传/Chuán & Boundless Bound Publishing: Dialogues Across Heritage, Publishing, and Practice
Boundless Bound Online Forum: Dialogues Across Heritage, Publishing, and Practice
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October 14–15, 2026 | Online
The Boundless Bound Online Forum is a three-part public program bringing together artists, designers, educators, archivists, and independent publishers to explore cultural heritage, contemporary Chinese experience, artist books, archives, and independent publishing across Chinese and diasporic contexts.
The forum is part of 传/Chuán & Boundless Bound Publishing: Dialogues Across Heritage, Publishing, and Practice, a broader fall program encompassing exhibitions, public dialogues, workshops, publishing activities, and a student showcase.
Wednesday, October 14, 5:00–6:00 PM ET
Objects, Archives, and Cultural Heritage
Traditional Chinese objects and contemporary artist books enter into dialogue across time and place, exploring how materials, images, collections, and publishing carry, reinterpret, and reactivate cultural heritage.
Speakers:
Marcy Linton, University of Virginia
Stephanie Grimm, George Mason University
Mieko Palazzo, George Mason University
Caitlin Birch, James Madison University
Virginia (Ginny) Soenksen, James Madison University
Wednesday, October 14, 6:00–7:00 PM ET
Boundless Bound Publishing: Heritage and Contemporary Chinese Experience
This panel explores Chinese cultural heritage and contemporary experience through memory, identity, translation, diasporic experience, digital culture, archival practice, and experimental art and design.
Speakers:
Hong Huo, Messiah University
Xiaoyu Liu, multidisciplinary designer and artist, Brooklyn, NY
Yangyang Zhang, VCUarts MFA ’26
Thursday, October 15, 6:00–7:00 PM ET
Independent Publishing Across Chinese and Diasporic Contexts
A conversation on independent publishing, artist books, cultural translation, and circulation across Chinese and diasporic contexts, examining how publishing can reinterpret cultural experience and connect different places, communities, and audiences.
Speakers:
Akaa Ling, Now Place
Chen Yun, 51 Personae
All three panels are moderated by Feixue Mei of James Madison University and Boundless Bound Publishing.
