Roar! I Am Oriental Rug! (2008)
Roar! I Am Oriental Rug! addresses the Oriental discourse that objectifies East Asian people as effeminate and passive. I perform an anthropomorphic Chinese-stylized rug who embodies the East Asian stereotype. Through attempting various acts of overt though not unproblematic machismo such as crushing empty beer cans on my head, doing push-ups and asking to be punched in the stomach, my rug character tries to prove its worth. The performance mocks gendered constructions of race.