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PixelsoftheOrientappropriatesWesternmediadepictionsofEastAsianforapsychedelicandcomedicexplorationofahistoricalEastAsianaestheticsandidentity.WesternfilmandtelevisiondepictsEastAsianculturethroughapasticheofChineseandJapanesesymbols–oftenmixedwithotherinfluencesfromacrossAsia–filteredthroughanOrientalistlensthatassociatesthis“Asianness”withtheexoticandmysterious.Stuckinafeedbackloop,replicatinganddistortingitselfendlesslyinthevacuumofitsfiction,thissoupofvagueAsianiconographyceasestohavemuchrelationtohistoricculturalpractices.Whilethereismuchvalidcriticismoftheserepresentationsasotheringandfetishistic,PixelsoftheOrientaimsnottocritiquebuttoreclaim.PresentingtheappropriatedimagesinthecontextofavideoguidetoAsianculture,thisvideorecontextualizesthesedepictionstoexploretheconstructionofdiasporicidentity.