MaiLee Hung
Writer + Editor
MaiLee Hung is the Climb Editor at Patagonia. She writes about art, culture, the environment, and the future. (And sometimes climbing.) She currently lives in Ojai, California. You can follow her writing on Substack.
Selected Works
“Off Belay: Tidal Range.” Alpinist, Issue 82 (Summer 2023).
“Bring Back Clean Climbing.” The Cleanest Line, Patagonia, February 4, 2022.
“Dreams of Rising Waters.” Alpinist, Issue 76 (Winter 2021).
“Soft Power: Zaria Forman’s Pastel Glaciers.” Alpinist, Issue 72 (Winter 2020).
“Seemingly Without End: Our Frictionless Future.” Feral Fabric,
Vol. 2 (Fall 2020).
“Terra Arcana.” Alpinist, Issue 71 (Autumn 2020).
“Tool Users: Crack Climbing Gloves.” Alpinist, Issue 70 (Summer 2020).
“Off Belay: Making Mountains.” Alpinist, Issue 67 (Autumn 2019).
“Biopower to the People: Fitness Trackers Are Redefining What it Means to Be a Human Subject.” Bitch Media, Issue 76: Facts (Fall 2017).
“Raw Materials: Will Teched-Up Clothing Change Fashion's Gendered Image?” Bitch Media, August 31, 2017.
“More Than Our Machines: Aesthetics and Prosthetics in Sci-Fi Film.” Bitch Media, August 24, 2017.
“Human Subjects: Should We Rely on Technology for Transcendence?” Bitch Media, August 1, 2017.
“Body Conscious: Who Gets to Be a Cyborg?” Bitch Media, July 18, 2017.
“There's a Hack for That: Breaking Down the Epistemology of a Technocult.” Bitch Media, June 22, 2017.
“Better, Fitter, Feminist: Can the Optimized Body Be Intersectional Too?” Bitch Media, June 15, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Lionel Cruet.” Daily Serving, May 11, 2017.
“Off Belay: Beyond Conquest.” Alpinist, Issue 57 (Spring 2017).
“Fan Mail: Molly Dierks.” Daily Serving, April 27, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Patricia Smith.” Daily Serving, March 23, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Brian Cooper.” Daily Serving, March 16, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Fei Li.” Daily Serving, February 23, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Ludovic Duchâteau.” Daily Serving, February 9, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Kyle J. Bauer.” Daily Serving, January 26, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Marcus James.” Daily Serving, January 12, 2017.
“Fan Mail: Rachel Wolfson Smith.” Daily Serving, December 1, 2016.
“Fan Mail: Ewa Doroszenko.” Daily Serving, November 10, 2016.
“Fan Mail: Meeson Pae Yang.” Daily Serving, October 26, 2016.
“Fan Mail: Sarah Beth Woods.” Daily Serving, October 13, 2016.
“Fan Mail: Matt Lee.” Daily Serving, September 29, 2016.
“Fan Mail: Suchitra Mattai.” Daily Serving, September 15, 2016.
“The Distance at Capital Gallery.” Art Practical, November 29, 2015.
Selected Conferences & Talks
2018 Mechanized Wellness Culture
CODAME Art + Tech Festival #ARTOBOTS, San
Francisco, CA
2017 Beyond the Cyborg: Prosthesis, Semiosis, and Survival
College Art Association Symposium, New York, NY
2017 The Optimized Body: Pop Culture and Wearable Technology
Living Room Light Exchange, Oakland, CA
2016 Beyond the Cyborg: Prosthesis, Semiosis, and Survival
Visual and Critical Studies Spring Symposium, San
Francisco, CA
2015 Prosthetic Semiosis: Thinking Beyond the Prosthetic
Metaphor
AICAD Exploring Science in the Studio Symposium,
San Francisco, CA
2015 Decolonizing the Future: The Black Cyborg in Art & Culture
Science Fiction Research Association Symposium,
Stony Brook, NY
Honors and Awards
2017 Bitch Media Writing Fellow—Technology
2015 CCA All College Honors Award for Nonfiction Writing
Education
2016 California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Masters in Visual and Critical Studies
2012 University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelors in Studio Art
Photo by Stephanie Villamar.