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Pride in Chinatown Stickers – Local Businesses

Pride in Chinatown Stickers – Local Businesses

Thank you to the local businesses proudly displaying our Pride in Chinatown welcome decal on their windows and doors! Together we are creating community — please support the businesses listed below as you explore Pride in Chinatown MMXX. Access Gallery, 222 E Georgia St. BC Artscape Sun Wah Centre, 268 Keefer St. Blim Clothing Store, 115 E Pender St. Coup Salon, 524 Shanghai Alley Crackle Crème Cafe, 245 Union St. Crosstown Denta,l 615 Main St. DALINA Café, 687 Main St….

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Ho Tam – A Quotation by Susan Sontag 引用自苏珊·桑塔格

Ho Tam – A Quotation by Susan Sontag 引用自苏珊·桑塔格

Courage is as contagious as fear 勇气和恐惧一样有感染力  Location: Access Gallery, 222 E Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z7 In the words of the artist: As I get older and older, I see that many things have already been done and said. But affirmation and reaffirmation are necessary from time to time, and are so important when facing adversities. Recently I have been studying quotations by many famous and influential people. Their words continue to encourage us and become ways which…

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Kara Juku & Christian Yves Jones – The Petal (Cánh Hoa)

Kara Juku & Christian Yves Jones – The Petal (Cánh Hoa)

The Petal (Cánh Hoa) Digital Video 3:58 min loop 2020 Location: Or Gallery, 236 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T7 This piece explores the struggle of Asians born in the West who often battle with dueling identities. The video features Kara Juku morphing between an Áo dài (traditional Vietnamese garment) and a contemporary outfit; shapeshifting out of the want to fit in. It represents her journey as she learns to embrace her heritage while navigating societal pressures. Kara Juku…

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Candie Tanaka – Love is love 爱就是爱

Candie Tanaka – Love is love 爱就是爱

Location: Propaganda Coffee, 209 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T8 Love is Love is a minimalist vinyl artwork for the artist’s favourite coffee shop in Vancouver. In aligning with their robot themed coffee cups, this piece was designed in white vinyl to still allow in the maximum amount of natural light into their beautiful space. Love is Love is what unites us in power to protect human rights here in Chinatown and also in the rest of the world….

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Jay Cabalu – Fortune Diptych

Jay Cabalu – Fortune Diptych

Part 1: RACISM IS DISTRACTION 种族主义= 扰乱 79″ H x 54 3/4″ W Digital collage on vinyl 2020 Part 2: YELLOW PERIL SUPPORTS BLACK POWER 黄祸们为黑人权利加油助威 79″ H x 59.5″ W Digital collage on vinyl 2020 Location: Fortune Sound club, 147 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T5 This WAS one half of my artwork for Pride in Chinatown MMXX, but after less than a week of being installed, it was ripped off of the front window of @fortunesound. I don’t…

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Diyan Achjadi – Never As It Seems

Diyan Achjadi – Never As It Seems

4 x Banners 48″ x 48″ 2020   Location: Corner of Carrall St and Keefer St. Diyan Achjadi’s “Never As It Seems’ was temporarily taken down. Over the opening weekend two of the four 4’X4’ banners were stolen. Replacement banners have now been reprinted. Unfortunately this work will not be available to be seen 24/7. The art works will be now be put up and taken down daily and only viewable during regular garden open hours. Garden Opening Hours: Wednesday…

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David Ng – Comrade(ry)

David Ng – Comrade(ry)

Location: 525 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2J8 The racial history of Chinatown is usually taught through themes of exclusion, segregation, and indentured labour in history books. However, many Chinese people, including the artist’s family, have deep, personal connections and ancestral roots to the neighbourhood. Despite histories of segregation and exclusion, families were raised here and communities have been cultivated for generations. This print installation is located outside of what is now the Vancouver Artist Labour Union Co-Operative 溫哥華藝文工會合作社 (VALU…

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Maiden China – Quarantine

Maiden China – Quarantine

Location: Street Posters Quarantine was produced as a therapeutic and cathartic response to the sudden shift of free lived experience during the first 41 days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much like a visual journal, each daily portrait was spontaneously conceived day-of and constructed with materials on hand at the artist’s studio, blending drag, portraiture, mythology, prosthetics, and narrative. Each portrait operates as an extension of the artist’s experiences and the development of their psychic state as it relates to the…

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Youth Collaborative for Chinatown – Millennium Gate

Youth Collaborative for Chinatown – Millennium Gate

Anonymous Flower Installation Presented by Youth Collaborative for Chinatown Sponsored by the Flower Factory Location: Millennium Gate, 26 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1R3 Following recent alarming increases in anti-Asian racism and racism-fueled violence, an anonymous artist created a flower tribute on the lions of the Chinatown Gate in early June. Building upon this random act of kindness, this large scale floral installation is a message of love for all racialized people of all generations, genders and sexualities, and…

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Pride in Chinatown 2019

Pride in Chinatown 2019

    Curated by Paul Wong August 1, 2019. 7PM – 11PM 50 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC. A one night only magical twilight event in a spectacular setting in the heart of Vancouver’s historical Chinatown. This very special event took over the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, the Classical Chinese Garden, and the public plaza. Pride in Chinatown celebrates queer Asian-Canadian art and artists that will tantalize all five senses. Presented by On Main Gallery, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese…

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