Mai Ling, founded in Vienna in 2019, is an anonymous artist collective and association
committed to fostering dialogues on racism, sexism, homophobia, and prejudice with a focus on FLINTA (women, lesbian, inter,
non-binary, trans, and agender) of Asian descent diaspora and migrants.
The collective name, Mai Ling, refers to
an eponymous German television sketch from 1979 that showcases sexist and racial stereotypes against Asian women, which are
still embedded in German-speaking society. Challenging the Western heteropatriarchal gaze and racist fantasies that keep reproducing
stereotypes about “Asia,” the collective amplifies multi-layered voices to reclaim agency through collective resistance and
pleasure. Mai Ling engages in various forms of artistic practice and activism, including videos, audio installations, cooking
performances, community gatherings, public interventions, and protests.
