{"id":8999740,"date":"2026-09-11T20:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8999740"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:11:50","slug":"jean-baptiste-phou-in-person-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/jean-baptiste-phou-in-person-fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Baptiste Phou in Person, Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discover the work of Villa Albertine\u2019s current artist in residence: Jean-Baptiste Phou, a multi-disciplinary artist and writer now in California to begin research for a collective book bringing together voices from the Cambodian diaspora.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through research and encounters with Cambodian communities across the Bay Area, the Central Valley, and Southern California, he will explore individual and collective paths of repair: What is passed down through experiences of war and exile, and what can be transformed across generations?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View the events below to hear more about his progress, hear from his collaborative partners, and engage with the topics at the core of this project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-5&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right has-large-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-5\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Click here to see Jean-Baptiste Phou&#8217;s Bay Area Events:<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-5\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Jean Baptiste Phou in Conversation with Isabelle Pelaud: <em>Coming Out of My Skin<\/em><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>City Lights Bookstore<br>Thursday, October 8th<br>7:00 pm <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his memoir, <em>Coming Out of My Skin,<\/em> published in English by Seagull Books in 2023, Jean-Baptiste Phou examines the role his ethnic origin has played in the construction of his sexual identity and his romantic relationships in a predominantly white environment.&nbsp; Phou explores how perceptions of his body have shaped his relationship with himself and others. How does a marginalized person develop emotionally and build, reclaim, and express their sexuality? Drawing on various works of history, sociology, gender studies, literature, and popular culture, Phou sensitively examines various strategies developed in response to this question.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, PhD, is a writer and scholar whose work bridges creative expression and social justice. She is the co-editor of&nbsp; <em>&#8220;The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora.&#8221;<\/em> As a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, her work centers on Vietnamese American literature and the arts, with a focus on gender. She is also the Co-Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong>Projection du film,<\/strong> <strong><em>La Langue de ma m\u00e8re<\/em><\/strong> <strong>et atelier d\u2019\u00e9criture<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Film Screening and Writing Workshop<br><br>Vendredi, 9 octobre<br>Friday, October 9<br>Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Silicon Valley<br><br><em>Programmation en fran\u00e7as &#8211; Program hosted in French only<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 la suite de la projection du film&nbsp;La Langue de ma m\u00e8re&nbsp;de J. B. Phou, qui raconte la relation complexe entre une m\u00e8re et son fils ne partageant pas la m\u00eame langue, cet atelier propose un temps de rencontre, de r\u00e9flexion et de cr\u00e9ation avec l\u2019auteur.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 partir des impressions et des \u00e9motions suscit\u00e9es par le film, l\u2019atelier invitera les participants \u00e0 explorer par l\u2019\u00e9criture les th\u00e8mes de la langue, de la transmission, de la m\u00e9moire, de l\u2019identit\u00e9 et de l\u2019exil. Chacun pourra composer un court texte ou un message vocal adress\u00e9 \u00e0 une personne r\u00e9elle ou imaginaire, qui pourra \u00eatre partag\u00e9 en fin d\u2019atelier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aucune exp\u00e9rience pr\u00e9alable d\u2019\u00e9criture n\u2019est n\u00e9cessaire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019atelier se d\u00e9roulera en fran\u00e7ais et s\u2019adresse aux apprenants de niveau interm\u00e9diaire \u00e0 avanc\u00e9, ainsi qu\u2019aux francophones et francophiles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration information to come soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-3&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-3\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Se dire, se reconna\u00eetre : identit\u00e9 et h\u00e9ritage cambodgien<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-3\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, October 10<\/strong><br><strong>Samedi le 10 octobre<br>Palo Alto Art Center <\/strong><br>9:30 &#8211; 11:30am<br><br><strong><em>Programmation en fran\u00e7as &#8211; Program hosted in French only<\/em><\/strong><br><br>The program will include a reading-performance based on\u00a0<em>Coming Out of My Skin<\/em>, his autobiographical work on race, sexuality, family, and growing up as a gay Asian man in France, as well as an excerpt from\u00a0<em>My Mother\u2019s Tongue<\/em>, a film about his relationship with his mother and questions of transmission across generations and languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this talk, he will reflect on the complex relationship between belonging, identity, and one\u2019s relationship with one\u2019s own culture, drawing from his personal journey between France and Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several copies of Jean-Baptiste\u2019s work are available for pre-order and can be picked up at the event during the book signing by the author.<br><br>The conference is open to anyone interested in identity, culture, diaspora, and multilingualism. It is presented in partnership with Villa Albertine \u2013 Consulate General of France in San Francisco, Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of Silicon Valley, the American Association of Teachers of French (Northern California), and the Stanford World Language Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light refreshments will be available before the talk.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdJv0iMxLVoenAv6QoQjF-ZTeDy0viChYTy59dDbtTghv6ZsA\/viewform\"><br>Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-4&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-icon has-icon-right has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-4\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Litquake Festival: Jean-Baptiste Phou in Conversation with C\u00e9sar Cadabes<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-4\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, October 17<\/strong><br>7:00 &#8211; 8:30pm<br>Telegraph Hill Books, San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having grown up as a Cambodian immigrant in France,&nbsp;Jean-Baptiste Phou&nbsp;has long explored the challenges and contradictions of the Asian diaspora experience throughout his artistic career. In his memoir,&nbsp;Coming Out of My Skin, the artist shifts his focus to examining the role his ethnic origin has played in the construction of his sexual identity and his romantic relationships in a predominantly white environment. Phou asks: how does a marginalized person develop emotionally and build, reclaim, and express their sexuality? How does this inform the experience of a queer Asian person navigating predominantly white cultural spaces?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>C\u00e9sar Cadabes&nbsp;is a Hawaii-born and raised, Queer Filipino American writer and solo performance artist based in San Francisco. He&#8217;s the Artistic Director of GLBTQ Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Theatre, an intergenerational theater collective, where he mentors Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander artists in amplifying stories rooted in lived experience. His acclaimed solo show,&nbsp;<em>Not My First Pandemic<\/em>,&nbsp;won Best One-Man Show and the All About Solo Critics&#8217; Award at the United Solo Festival in 2021. A three-time San Francisco Arts Commission grant recipient, C\u00e9sar practices cultural strategy- shifting national narratives, mobilizing artist-activists, and advancing social justice. His current projects include a new solo work,<em>&nbsp;Aging, Cancer, and Fascism<\/em>, interweaving personal narrative with the body as archive, community care, and resistance, and the GAPA History Project, marking and celebrating 40 years of QTAPI community building in the San Francisco Bay Area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, the pair will discuss the intersection of diasporic Asian identity, sexuality, and how they have influenced the development of the speakers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Register here<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/jean-baptiste-phou-coming-out-of-my-skin-tickets-1999616387443?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;sub_id=EnBmJV-R7NF-twKKgJXx&amp;refclick=oih6nk-sCdl-p2tNzIGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Baptiste Phou: Coming Out of My Skin Tickets, Saturday, October 17 &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp; 7 PM &#8211; 8:30 PM | Eventbrite<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8999756,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[213],"app_city_tax":[225],"app_event_type":[722,239,385,576,241,244],"class_list":["post-8999740","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-literature","app_city_tax-sf","app_event_type-artist-in-residence","app_event_type-film","app_event_type-readings","app_event_type-residency","app_event_type-talk","app_event_type-workshop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jean-Baptiste Phou in Person, Fall 2026 - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Experience the work of Villa Albertine\u2019s current artist in residence: Jean-Baptiste Phou, a multi-disciplinary artist and writer now in California to begin research for a collective book bringing together voices from the Cambodian diaspora. 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