In partnership with 2220 Arts + Archives, X-TRA is thrilled to present the in-person premiere of the acclaimed *Asian futures, without Asians*, a multimedia presentation by Astria Suparak, who asks: “What does it mean when so many white filmmakers envision futures inflected by Asian culture, but devoid of actual Asian people?” The performance-lecture is interspersed with selected images and clips from dozens of movies and television shows, as Suparak delivers anecdotes, trivia, and historical documents (including photographs, advertisements, and cultural artifacts) from the histories of film, art, architecture, design, fashion, food, and martial arts. Suparak discusses the implications of not only borrowing heavily from Asian cultures, but decontextualizing and misrepresenting them, while excluding Asian contributors. This project was first developed and evolved over a series of performances made for Zoom. The in-person launch of Asian Futures, without Asians—along with Ancient Sci-Fi, one of our newly commissioned Artists’ Projects for our pages and website—marks the culmination of Suparak’s years of artistic research. The artist requests that guests wear well-fitting masks to attend.