Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus
Presents
Asian Diaspora Conference: Remembering and Imagining, Oct. 2
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta or Helen Saffran
September 9, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y. - The experience of diaspora and displacement –
and the role of remembering and imagining - in the production of contemporary
art is the theme of a one-day conference at Long Island University's
Brooklyn Campus, on Wednesday, October 2.
"Asian Diaspora II: Remembering and Imagining" is the
second conference at the Brooklyn Campus to address the dispersal
of Asian people from their native lands. It celebrates Asian culture
and focuses on cultural translation in the arts and the challenge
for artists of creating a new place of belonging.
The highlights of the day are:
Buddhist dance workshop by Hyonok Kim, from 10 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., in the Dance Studio, Room M323.
Kun-Yang Lin and Dancers, a company that blends Asian traditions
with postmodern dance, from noon to 1 p.m., in the Triangle Theater.
Two films, "Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural
Children" and "Remembering Wei Yi-fang, Remembering
Myself," from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Library Learning
Center (LLC), Room 122.
A panel discussion moderated by professor Haesook Kim on memories
and imagination in art, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., in LLC 122. Panelists
include Hyonok Kim, artist Sung-Ho Choi, dancer Kun-Yang Lin and Dr.
Gopal Sukhu, director of Asian Studies at Queens College.
Gallery opening of "Between Places," featuring the
work of three Korean artists, Sung-Ho Choi, Myong Hwa Jeong and Eunsuk
Joo, in the Salena Gallery.
Reception, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Salena Gallery.
The conference, sponsored by the Campus's Dance Department together
with the Art, Music, Media Arts, Sociology and Anthropology departments,
is free and open to the public. For more information, call (718)
488-1051.
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