Mute/Unmute is a podcast and seminar by Astrid Mania, with the support of Noi Fuhrer and Anne Meerpohl. The idea of this podcast is to introduce and discuss art works, theories and incidents that relate to questions like: who is allowed to speak, who’s not? What can be said, what not? Whose voices have been suppressed? What kind of narratives and histories? What violence do we exert when speaking about others? What should we urgently talk about?

Mute/Unmute is meant to be active during the winter semester 2020/21, but it can potentially run much longer. We welcome contributions from HFBK students and staff and beyond. For more info / list of contributions please see https://pad.hfbk.net/Mute_Unmute and  / or get in touch with noi.fuhrer@hfbk-hamburg.de, anne.meerpohl@hfbk.hamburg.de or astrid.mania@hfbk-hamburg.de

Links:

https://www.cantonesetools.org/en/cantonese-text-to-sound 

link to “Golden Gate Girls” (2013) dir. Shiyu Louisa Wei:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/goldengategirls?autoplay=1

articles read for research:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2010-01/23/content_9365379.htm

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2014-10/24/content_18794776.htm

https://variety.com/1995/film/features/eng-s-lost-pix-a-chinese-puzzle-99129699/

https://variety.com/2019/vintage/features/lesbian-filmmaker-esther-eng-1203248585/#!

https://asianamericanmusic.org/asian-americans-on-celluloid/golden-gate-girls/

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3048063/why-havent-we-heard-early-lgbtq-icon-esther-eng

https://womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/louisa-weis-golden-gate-girls-2013-and-the-rediscovery-of-esther-eng-chinese-american-film-pioneer-1914-1970/

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190410-the-taboo-busting-women-of-chinese-film

http://lesbiannews.com/esther-eng-lost-american-chinese-filmmaker/

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/27/archives/esther-eng-owned-restaurants-here.html

http://sfbaytimes.com/esther-eng-pioneering-filmmaker-feminist/

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pioneering-filmmaker-esther-eng-made-184556674.html

http://www.aems.illinois.edu/publications/filmreviews/goldengategirls.html

books and essays:

https://online.ucpress.edu/fmh/article-abstract/2/2/32/106355/Finding-Voices-Through-Her-ImagesGolden-Gate-Girls?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://books.google.de/books?id=PNDaDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=Kwong+Ngai+talking+pictures&source=bl&ots=oFnm99u-wd&sig=ACfU3U1aMY5cnFFmx4XRw4UPT9QRM8unzw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiitIi3os7wAhWEhv0HHRUPAXQQ6AEwEnoECBMQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.de/books?id=85DKMniFe4gC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=esther+eng+tomboy&source=bl&ots=ncVtYptPa1&sig=ACfU3U3Rtk7u-QODIMQmXd4YkBSamjIJBA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK_pK8lNPwAhUAgP0HHa3nBIIQ6AEwEXoECBMQAw#v=onepage&q=esther%20eng%20tomboy&f=false

https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/esther-eng/

https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/18995340/19057015/ebrochure_03.pdf

https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/esther-eng/essay

synopses and other information to Esther Eng’s films:

https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=440&display_set=eng

https://letterboxd.com/film/tragic-love/genres/

https://letterboxd.com/film/10000-lovers/details/

https://www.lost-films.eu/films/show/id/4107

https://www.lost-films.eu/films/show/id/4113

historical events mentioned in this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hong_Kong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_declaration_of_war_on_Germany_(1939)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War

other notable references:

https://www.firstversions.com/2015/10/madonna.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOqr_x_9fMc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Arzner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_(1939_film)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1868821.Back_Street