I know you are but what am I
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Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 205-268 Keefer Street (Sun Wah Centre), Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1X5
Candice Xiaobing Jee, "Many flowers have foreign names (after Yu Jing 余靖)," no date, (photo by Kayleigh Madjar)
Jessica Chu, Alanna Edwards, Aghigh Gougani and Andi Icaza, Candice Jee (余曉冰), Tse Chun Sing (謝俊昇), and an eating performance with Olivia Chow. Curated by Joni Cheung
Opening Reception: June 27, 2018, 7-9pm
Composing Workshops by Candice Jee: July 14 and July 28, 3pm
Eating Performance with Olivia Chow: July 19, 7pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5pm
Centre A is now located at Unit 205-268 Keefer Street on the 2nd Floor
As part of the annual curatorial skills development mentorship programme, Centre A is pleased to present the first exhibition in its new home at the Sun Wah Centre, I know you are but what am I. The fifth Recent Graduates Exhibition is curated by recent Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts graduate Joni Cheung and features works by Jessica Chu, Alanna Edwards, Aghigh Gougani and Andi Icaza-Largaespada, Candice Jee, Tse Chun Sing, and Olivia Chow.
For this exhibition, Cheung invites interdisciplinary artists who reflect on the systems that construct identity as static and unchanging. As they wade through personal histories and experiences, the artists challenge narratives of cultural authenticity and consider their own layered identities and the inevitably fluid interchange between identity, place, and history. Using photography, video, sculpture, installation, and performance, these artists explore conversations around intergenerational and migratory identity experiences, revolution, womanhood, family, and belonging. Like generations of migrant communities before them, these artists negotiate with their past and present selves, to expand and broaden what collective and individual identities might be. In turn they address dialogues around travel, migration, and displacement, at the accelerating pace of globalization.