Julia Kim Smith

AdWords

Armed with a free $100 Google AdWords gift card, Julia Kim Smith utilizes the internet to take on bigotry through the placement of Google ads that link to work on her website. Keywords include “Charlie Chan,” “why do asian women,” and “Pete Hoekstra” (the Michigan politician behind the infamous racist campaign ad which aired Super Bowl Sunday 2012).
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AdWords: Charlie Chan — Google ad with link to artist’s website, keyword “Charlie Chan”
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AdWords: Why Do Asian Women — Google ad with link to artist’s website, keyword “why do Asian women”
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AdWords: Pete Hoekstra — Google ad with link to artist’s website, keyword “Pete Hoekstra”

Title
AdWords

Year
2012

Medium
web-based

Exhibition History

  • Center For Asian American Media CAAMFest, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, CA, 2014
  • DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
  • Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, 2013
    Cyber In Securities, Curator: Lisa Moren
    Exhibiting Artists: Birgit Bachler, Walter Langelaar, Owen Mundy, and Tim Schwartz; Channel TWo (CH2): Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook, with Jesus Duran; Heather Dewey-Hagborg; Hasan Elahi; The Force of Freedom with Dave Young; Taylor Hokanson; Ricarda McDonald and Donna Szoke; Lexie Mountain; Preemptive Media: Beatriz de Costa, Jamie Schulte and Brooke Singer; David Rokeby; Julia Kim Smith; WhiteFeather

Press

  • The Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, “Fall Critics’ Picks: Gallery Exhibits,” September 2013
  • Washington Project for the Arts, Lisa Moren, “Experimental Media 2013: Cyber In Securities,” September 2013
  • Angry Asian Man, Phil Yu, “Julia Kim Smith Asks Google Why,” March 2013
  • The Atlantic, James Fallows, “YellowShirtGirl Finale On ‘Ominous Asian’ Imagery,” February 2012

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