ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses experiences of Asian diaspora and belonging in Canada and the work that Bambitchell does to examine and critique visual citizenship. Alexis Mitchell’s films and installations directly implicate the viewer, asking us to think critically about how citizenship is defined, and inviting us to participate in renegotiating citizenship's boundaries, partialities, and double standards. Gabrielle Moser one of the central issues that the book Contemporary Citizenship, Art, and Visual Culture: Making and Being Made wants to address is how artists and visual practices understand citizenship. Many people have citizenship and will never feel like they belong. Silent Citizen uses sound as its main interjection to pose a critique of state policy. Ariella Azoulay ideas about the ontology of photography are incredibly relational and performative, and, in that way, they rely on sound implicitly. Azoulay wants to argue against totalizing ideas and for the political and imaginative potential of photography.
