Activism]]> Feminism]]> Displacement]]> Identity]]> Fiction]]> Women, Native, Other (1989), Trinh T. Minh-ha writes that, "The story depends upon every one of us to come into being. It needs us all, needs our remembering, understanding, and creating what we have heard together to keep coming into being." This convening builds upon this idea of a multiplicity of storytellers and intergenerational, intercultural linkages in art, activism, stories, and histories.]]> Eunsong Kim]]> Jungmin Choi]]> Kim Nguyen]]> Karin Oen]]> Green Zeng]]> Hong-An Truong]]> Hồng-Ân Trương]]> Ranu Mukherjee]]> Billy Tang]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Video]]> Southeast Asia]]> Identity]]> History]]> Diaspora]]> Migration]]>
Co-presented by NTU CCA Singapore, the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and Rockbund Art Museum, this convening builds upon the idea of a multiplicity of storytellers and intergenerational, intercultural linkages in art, activism, stories, and histories. A two-part programme, the first segment involves a conversation between artists Hồng-Ân Trương and Ranu Mukherjee (both United States), reflecting on the Wattis’ year-long research season on the practice of Trinh T. Minh-ha. The conversation will close by screening video artworks by Ranu Mukherjee, 0rphan drift, and Genevieve Quick (United States), then the convening flows into a panel discussion with short presentations by Jungmin Choi (Korea), Eunsong Kim (United States), Green Zeng (Singapore) and Billy Tang (United Kingdom/China), exploring intergenerational dialogues, transnational and diasporic identities, and activism in creative practice and public life.

10.00 – 11.00am
In Conversation: Hồng-Ân Trương (United States) and Ranu Mukherjee (United States), moderated by Kim Nguyen (Canada/United States)

11.00 – 11.20am
Video Art Screenings: Home and the World (2015) and Dear Future (2020) by Ranu Mukherjee(United States), IF AI / AIBOHPORTSUALC (2020) by 0rphan drift (Ranu Mukherjee and Maggie Roberts), and Planet Celadon: Operation Completed (2020) by Genevieve Quick (United States)

11.30am – 1.00pm
Panel Discussion: The Welling Up and the Very Coursing of Water: On the Transnational, the Transgenerational, and the Diasporic
Moderators: Kim Nguyen and Dr Karin Oen (United States/Singapore)
Panelists: Jungmin Choi (Korea), Eunsong Kim (Korea/United States), and Green Zeng (Singapore)
Respondent: Billy Tang (United Kingdom/China)

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Hồng-Ân Trương]]> Ranu Mukherjee]]> Kim Nguyen]]> Genevieve Quick]]> Karin Oen]]> Eunsong Kim]]> Jungmin Choi ]]> Green Zeng]]> Billy Tang ]]> Hong-An Truong]]> Asia]]>
Why are they so afraid of a lotus?]]> Feminism]]> Identity]]> Politics]]> Trinh T. Minh-ha. Films., this research presentation showcases the Wattis Institute’s year-long research season on Trinh’s multifaceted practice as a filmmaker, writer and theorist. What does the promise of “speaking nearby” rather than “speaking about” look like today? What are the politics of hospitality? What are the problematics of “post-feminism,” and how do we challenge the West as the authoritative subject of feminist knowledge? Expanding the discursive orbit of these questions, the presentation features projects by artists Hồng-Ân Trương (US) and Genevieve Quick (US), and is accompanied by the online convening Mother Always Has a Mother, a result of the ongoing research collaboration between NTU CCA Singapore, Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), and the Wattis Institute.

Conceived by Kim Nguyen (Canada/United States), Curator and Head of Programs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Wattis), San Francisco.]]>
Hồng-Ân Trương]]> Genevieve Quick]]> Kim Nguyen]]> Rockbund Art Museum]]> CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts]]> Video]]> Installation]]> Print]]> North America]]>