Curated by Heather Keung
a part of the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Thursday, July 30, 9 pm, Middle Dam in Durham
(In the event of rain screening will take place at the Symphony Barn)
Across from Durham Art Gallery
251 George Street East
Durham, Ontario
Heather Keung, Bending Over Backwards, 2008.
Resisting romanticism while simultaneously acting out fantasies, this peculiar and provocative selection of mixed-media performance videos includes some of the most memorable Asian female artists I’ve encountered: Alison S.M. Kobayashi (Canada), Jin-Me Yoon (South Korea/Canada), Laurel Nakadate (USA), C. Snatch Z. (Japan), Patty Chang (USA), Serena Lee and Lesley Loksi Chan (Canada). Whether it is through playful childlike engagement or in-your-face burlesque action, these artists distinctly confuse and confront the contemporary creation and appropriation of marginalized race, gender and sexual identities through the visibility, vulnerability and vigor of their bodies. -Heather Keung
PROGRAM:
Bending Over Backwards, Heather Keung
DO GOOD, Alison S.M. Kobayashi
Beg For Your Life, Laurel Nakadate
As It Is Becoming (Seoul, Korea): Teum/Passages Through, Jin-Me Yoon
How To Use A Weapon, C. Snatch Z.
In Love, Patty Chang
Live Long and Prosper (New work with live performance), Serena Lee & Lesley Loksi Chan
Middle Dam is located across from Durham Art Gallery
251 George Street East
Durham, Ontario