Asian Arts Initiative November 2016 Events
I Bear Witness is a group exhibition curated by Atif Sheikh of Twelve Gates Arts featuring artists Amina Ahmed, Josh Begley, Ambreen Butt, Hasan Elahi, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Saba Taj and Patricia Wakida. The exhibition is in dialogue with Matthew Hashiguchi’s Good Luck Soup.
The show opens October 31 and runs through January 13, 2017. The opening reception is November 4 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street).
And I Bear Witness to your times/and our times//then and now//and to all that may connect us/and our times//now and eventually
Serving as a palimpsest of the racism and fears all too prevalent in America today, narratives of the WWII internment of Japanese Americans find resonance with immigrant and Muslim American artists providing a contemporary perspective on the dynamics of community identity, division, solidarity, and strength. In conversation with Matthew Hashiguchi’s documentary Good Luck Soup, which examines the reintegration of Japanese Americans into U.S. society post WWII.
For more information on I Bear Witness, click here.
What Fuels Development? is showing Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm, Saturday, November 5 at 3:00pm and Sunday, November 5 at 7:30pm.
Inspired by true incidents in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood, What Fuels Development? is a devised theater piece exploring the mechanics of displacement in an age of immense income inequality, and Skid Row’s fight to not be overwhelmed by an alcohol-fueled entertainment district. To be performed by Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), the first performance group in the nation made up principally of homeless and formerly homeless people, with local guest performers.
In partnership with Broad Street Ministry, this presentation is part of a continuum of Asian Arts Initiative’s work with the local homeless community and commitment to addressing civic issues as we work for the equitable development of our own neighborhood.
For more information and to buy tickets for What Fuels Development?, click here.
