Collection Description: Private Practices is a collection developed alongside curator Coco Ono, co-producer of Sacred Wounds, which highlights healing-focused celebrations of Asian perspectives through erotic ritual. The collection that LACA and Ono have established is a living collection, meaning that items—such as screenshots, paystubs, apparel, set pieces, police reports, text messages, and other ephemera pertinent to sexual labor—will be added on an ongoing basis. The March 16th 2021 shooting spree that targeted Asian women in Atlanta Georgia is a stark reminder of the systemic misogyny that minimizes racial violence in the United States. In LACA’s shared neighborhood of Chinatown, we have seen firsthand a notable expansion of police presence. We are mindful that the securitization of our neighborhoods is not the answer to the entrenched systemic misogyny and racism that pervades our country. Private Practices asks how artists, archives, and Chinatown community members can effectively collect together. This collection address anti-Asian violence by locating it narrowly in the experience of AAPI sex workers. We believe that by amplifying some of these voices, Private Practices can draw into focus how racism toward Asian bodies can be marked by a uniquely sexual register.
Scope and Content: The collection is organized by the contributors names. These include Kayla Tange (Coco Ono), Mariko Passion, Emily Christine Velez Nelms, Lola Chan, Wang Newton, Kim Ye (Mistress Lucy), Riv, and Mutant Salon.
Restrictions: Some items in this collection can only be accessed in person at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA) and are not available online. Donors have sometimes chosen to be organized under their stage name or anonymously.
Private Practices: AAPI Artist and Sex Worker Collection
Title | Artist(s)/Author(s) | Date Acquired | Reference # |
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Exotika Magazine Celeste X cover Issue 1 | Celeste X, | 1/19/2024 |
B.35974.X
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[Ron Jeremy story] | Riv | 12/22/2023 |
35857.RI
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[black pleasers and neon outfit] | Riv | 10/24/2023 |
B.35632.RI
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Slowdance Love Motel | Dan Monick, Goddess Yuki | 10/12/2023 |
B.35594.MO
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[Polaroids of Clients] | Muse Ling | 9/21/2023 |
B.35516.LI
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Goddess Yuki Candle | Goddess Yuki | 9/15/2023 |
B.35445.GO
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Goddess Yuki Lighter | Goddess Yuki, Laura Lee Benjamin | 9/15/2023 |
B.35446.GO
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A Bare Witness | Kayla Noriko Tange | 9/13/2023 |
B.35423.TA
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[1 Hour Photo Print Set] | EthicalDrvgs | 9/13/2023 |
B.35425.ET
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[1 Hour Photo Print Set] | EthicalDrvgs | 9/13/2023 |
B.35429.ET
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[1 Hour Photo Print Set] | EthicalDrvgs | 9/13/2023 |
B.35430.ET
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[Inbox Vol. 3] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 9/13/2023 |
B.35431.TA
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[photographs from Narratives and Counter Narratives] | Chao Ying Rao | 7/21/2023 |
B.35305.RA
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[Jenna Bie website] | Mariko Passion | 4/25/2022 |
DO.32931.PA
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[arrest docket highlight] | Mariko Passion | 4/25/2022 |
DO.32932.PA
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[Throwin up the W (Tupac of Prostitution Dayz)] | Mariko Passion | 4/25/2022 |
B.32933.PA
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[Alhambra Unified School District letter] | Mariko Passion | 4/25/2022 |
DO.32934.PA
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[Red shoes] | Lola Chan | 4/25/2022 |
BOX.32929.CH
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with A | 3/11/2022 |
32843.WI
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with R | 3/11/2022 |
32844.WI
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At least I'm not a cracker | 3/11/2022 |
32845.AT
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[KUMFA Fundraiser ] | 10/8/2021 |
B.32645.KU
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[Do You Believe In Love? Performance Photographs] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32647.TA
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[Do You Know Who Your Neighbors Are? Flyer and Apartment Listing] | Kim Ye | 10/8/2021 |
B.32648.YE
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[Press Release] | 10/8/2021 |
B.32649.PR
|
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[Crack Pipe and Two Lighters Photograph] | Mariko Passion | 10/8/2021 |
B.32650.PA
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[Mariko Passion Black and White Portrait] | Mariko Passion | 10/8/2021 |
B.32657.PA
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[The Sexy Times Newspaper] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32658.TA
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Mariko Passion: From Whore Revolutionary to Tantra Goddess: Sacred Whore Revolution | Mariko Passion | 10/8/2021 |
B.32659.PA
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[Is It Me You're Looking For? Dollar Bill] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
BOX.32660.TA
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[Index Card Notes] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32661.TA
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[complaint] | Kim Ye | 10/8/2021 |
B.32666.YE
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[Akira - flyer] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32667.TA
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[photograph of Kayla Noriko Tange | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32642.TA
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[Confessional] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/8/2021 |
B.32643.TA
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[Mariko Passion Portrait] | Mariko Passion | 10/8/2021 |
B.32644.PA
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[photographs - hand on body and metal jewelry] | Mariko Passion | 10/1/2021 |
B.32620.PA
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[Jumbo's Clown Room Postcards] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 10/1/2021 |
B.32621.TA
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[We, Asian Sex Workers Exhibition Postcard] | Mariko Passion | 10/1/2021 |
B.32622.PA
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[Hello Kitty Towel] | Mariko Passion | 9/24/2021 |
B.32613.PA
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[Heroin Kills Rockstars Outfit] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 9/24/2021 |
B.32614.TA
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[Boundaries Confessions] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 9/24/2021 |
B.32615.TA
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Are We A Joke? Vol 1 burlesque | Kayla Noriko Tange | 9/24/2021 |
ST.32617.TA
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[Performance Garments] | Emily Christine Velez Nelms | 8/27/2021 |
B.32534.VE
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[Best Western Notes] | Mariko Passion | 8/27/2021 |
B.32539.PA
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[Pattern Pieces and Extra Beading] | Emily Christine Velez Nelms | 8/27/2021 |
B.32540.VE
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[Photo of Emily in Grandmother's Garments] | Emily Christine Velez Nelms | 8/27/2021 |
B.32541.VE
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[Red Thong, I Love Wang Newton Pin, Fake Rose] | Wang Newton | 8/27/2021 |
B.32547.NE
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[Kayla Tange CDs] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 8/23/2021 |
B.32521.TA
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[Blowjob Bib] | Kayla Noriko Tange | 8/23/2021 |
B.32523.TA
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