Max Black is a rising senior at the University of Texas at Austin. Max is an International Relations honors student with minors in Korean and American Sign Language. Their current research focuses on queer media coming out of East Asia and regional variation of ASL in Texas. Max is half Korean and spent the summer of 2023 in Seoul.
Max's piece, '감홍시' translates to red persimmons. As a child, they would enjoy these ripe persimmons with their father. Max also paid homage to their Korean heritage by digitally recreating 민화. Minhwa is a traditional painting practice from the Choson era (1392-1910)
