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