Collections & Archives
Zine Launch: The Duet of The Exodus
出走的双声部
Type
Zine launch / reading room / public conversation
Date
November 2026
Location
London, Bristol, Manchester, UK
Presented by
The Wishing Fountain, QueerPatch and Pearl Slug Studio
Overview
The launch of The Duet of The Exodus brought together artists, readers, contributors and community members to celebrate the publication of a bilingual zine parcel gathering queer Sinophone diasporic narratives.
Designed as both a launch event and a temporary reading room, the gathering invited visitors to spend time with the publication, encounter the individual zines within the parcel, and take part in conversations around language, migration, queerness and independent publishing.
About the Publication
The Duet of The Exodus is composed of 11 individual booklets. Together, they form a parcel-like publication that holds personal stories, visual works, creative writing and reflections from queer Sinophone diasporic communities.
The project responds to the social and linguistic gaps often experienced by queer migrants and diasporic subjects in the UK: the difficulty of naming oneself across languages, the distance between private memory and public identity, and the need for spaces where fragmented narratives can coexist.
What Happened
The event included:
- a display of the full zine parcel
- informal readings and conversations
- a small pop-up library of related queer publications
- contributor sharing
- audience browsing and discussion
- documentation for future archive use
The event created a space where the publication could be encountered slowly, not only as an object to be launched, but as a gathering point for shared memory and unfinished conversation.
Outcomes
The launch supported the circulation of queer Sinophone diasporic publishing and introduced The Wishing Fountain's wider work as a queer Asian zine library and public cultural platform.
It also generated new connections with artists, readers, publishers and community organisers interested in future reading rooms, workshops and archive collaborations.
Collections & Archives
Zine Launch: The Duet of The Exodus
出走的双声部
Type
Zine launch / reading room / public conversation
Date
November 2026
Location
London, Bristol, Manchester, UK
Presented by
The Wishing Fountain, QueerPatch and Pearl Slug Studio
Overview
The launch of The Duet of The Exodus brought together artists, readers, contributors and community members to celebrate the publication of a bilingual zine parcel gathering queer Sinophone diasporic narratives.
Designed as both a launch event and a temporary reading room, the gathering invited visitors to spend time with the publication, encounter the individual zines within the parcel, and take part in conversations around language, migration, queerness and independent publishing.
About the Publication
The Duet of The Exodus is composed of 11 individual booklets. Together, they form a parcel-like publication that holds personal stories, visual works, creative writing and reflections from queer Sinophone diasporic communities.
The project responds to the social and linguistic gaps often experienced by queer migrants and diasporic subjects in the UK: the difficulty of naming oneself across languages, the distance between private memory and public identity, and the need for spaces where fragmented narratives can coexist.
What Happened
The event included:
- a display of the full zine parcel
- informal readings and conversations
- a small pop-up library of related queer publications
- contributor sharing
- audience browsing and discussion
- documentation for future archive use
The event created a space where the publication could be encountered slowly, not only as an object to be launched, but as a gathering point for shared memory and unfinished conversation.
Outcomes
The launch supported the circulation of queer Sinophone diasporic publishing and introduced The Wishing Fountain's wider work as a queer Asian zine library and public cultural platform.
It also generated new connections with artists, readers, publishers and community organisers interested in future reading rooms, workshops and archive collaborations.