Intersection with Carol Zou

These gatherings are dedicated to gathering our community around good food, conversation, and art. Please stop by for a bite and chat with our community and spotlight artist: Carol Zou.

Resident artist, Carol Zou presents “My Husband Which Is We,” a performative lecture made from scratch, in which they adopt the mannerisms of an internet “trad wife” while making food for their husband, which in this case is the audience. Zou will lecture on the popularity of “trad wives”, or women who perform a nostalgic return to submissive femininity, and how this internet trend relates to the current sociopolitical landscape of authoritarian power and economic recession. The lecture will also be live-streamed on TikTok through the account @myhusbandwhichisme, with excerpts available after the lecture. 

The performance will start at 5:10 pm and run until about 5:45 pm. Audience members are expected to be seated and quiet for the performance. The live stream will start at 5:10 pm on TikTok @myhusbandwhichisme.

Carol Zou (b. 1988, Hepu, China) is a U.S. based community-engaged artist whose work engages themes of spatial justice, public pedagogy, and intercultural connection in multiracial neighborhoods. They engage durational, process-based collaborations with community contributors using mediums of craft, media arts, and public installation. Zou was active with Yarn Bombing Los Angeles and Otis Graduate Public Practice, organizations that were previously located at 18th Street Arts Center.

Current and past affiliations include: Yarn Bombing Los Angeles, Michelada Think Tank, Trans.lation Vickery Meadow, Project Row Houses with the University of Houston, Asian Arts Initiative, American Monument, Imagining America, US Department of Arts and Culture, Spa Embassy, Enterprise Community Partners with Little Tokyo Service Center, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, and The Hive. They believe that we are most free when we help others get free.