Powell Street Festival Society Discussion

L e a v i n g i t B e :
apathy, activism and ethnicity in contemporary practice

A panel discussion featuring
Ken Lum (moderator)
Cindy Mochizuki
Linda Sormin
Henry Tsang
Jin-me Yoon

Emily Carr Institute, Rm. 328
Saturday, October 30th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, FREE admission

The Powell Street Festival Society is honoured to present this upcoming panel event. Local visual artists will contribute varied perspectives on the topic of ethnicity in contemporary visual arts practice. Internationally recognized artist, educator and curator Ken Lum will moderate discussion circulating around these questions and more: Is there a connection between ethnicity and interdisciplinarity? Does the movement towards new forms and technologies parallel new cultural understandings of ethnicity and culture? To what extent do these diverse art practices respond to the homogenizing effects of globalization, popular culture and mass media?

Panelists Cindy Mochizuki, Linda Sormin, Henry Tsang and Jin-me Yoon contribute diverse perspectives, and their practices include work in performance, installation, video and ceramics. Yoon will be discussing ideas associated with new work opening earlier in the month at Catriona Jeffries Gallery (Vancouver) and the Kamloops Art Gallery. Moderator Ken Lum’s work was recently featured in the touring exhibition “Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art” at the Vancouver Art Gallery. He has also recently completed major public art commissions in Stockholm and Vienna, and has co-curated the exhibition “Shanghai Modern: art and culture in Shanghai 1919­-1945” opening this Fall at Munich’s Villa Stuck Museum.

This panel, on Saturday, October 30th, brings together both established and emerging artists and curators in the belief that dialogue is a key component in supporting and sustaining a vibrant cultural ecology. An essay written by writer and theorist Ashok Mathur will be published as a result of this event.

Diane Kadota Arts Management
#103 - 1014 Homer Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 2W9
tel: 604 683 8240/ fax: 604 683 7911