Jerry Truong received his BA in Studio Art from UC Irvine and is currently seeking his MFA from the Visual Arts program at UC San Diego. Jerry’s artwork and on-going research explores how those in power use methods of coercion to influence our perceptions of what is normal and acceptable, exploring how conflicts with race and sexuality [...]
Hear & Now
This performance, with Jerry Truong and Megan Philip, references “The Autonomy of Affect”, where Brian Massumi talks about the distinction between logical signifiers, or content, and its effect on the viewer in terms of affect. Their desire to evoke different intensities of the sensation of music is experienced through the visual cue of hands keeping [...]