AIR Series 108: Jacquiline Levitin
September 24, 2016
Chinese Meets Jewish and Vice Versa
– a film that is funny and lyrical, and above all, human-
Patrons in a variety store in Harbin, China candidly discuss the foreigner with a camera, forgetting she is recording. Later, miles to the south in Kaifeng, she noses her camera into people’s homes in search of that city’s 1000-year-old Jewish settlement. The woman is director Jacqueline Levitin, whose own Russian-Jewish family history in China – a story of tiger hunters, poignant deaths and heroic rescues – binds together this lively tale of Chinese Jewish encounters then and now.
About Jacqueline
Jacquiline Levitin is a filmmaker and former professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies departments at Simon Fraser University. Her current project incorporates new media to create a website focusing on the Israel-Palestinian situation.
For more info, see her website
here
September 24, 2016
Chinese Meets Jewish and Vice Versa
– a film that is funny and lyrical, and above all, human-
Patrons in a variety store in Harbin, China candidly discuss the foreigner with a camera, forgetting she is recording. Later, miles to the south in Kaifeng, she noses her camera into people’s homes in search of that city’s 1000-year-old Jewish settlement. The woman is director Jacqueline Levitin, whose own Russian-Jewish family history in China – a story of tiger hunters, poignant deaths and heroic rescues – binds together this lively tale of Chinese Jewish encounters then and now.
About Jacqueline
Jacquiline Levitin is a filmmaker and former professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies departments at Simon Fraser University. Her current project incorporates new media to create a website focusing on the Israel-Palestinian situation.
For more info, see her website
here
AIR Series 109AIR Series 109:Leah Price
October 15, 2016 "Not Sorry" - expired medication, excess crayon, broken shoebox I take the abandoned, unwanted, unloved waste of life and give it purpose, weaving the story of the materials into the inspiration for the piece to create art that speaks to parenting children with special needs, the importance of place, recycling and waste management, and a zero waste lifestyle. I will be showing several pieces from Divorce: a Waste Audit, made from the waste generated by my family during the one-year period it took to negotiate separation; as well as Humatrope Collar, an embroidered yoke created from my daughter's medical waste to protest Human Growth Hormone not being indicated for Prader-Willi syndrome in Canada. I will also bring several garments made from abandoned, reclaimed or reject textiles. Leah Price - Zero Waste Artist; Master Recycler; B.Ed (UBC); Certificate in Fashion Arts (VCC); Board Member Our Social Fabric, textile recycling initiative |
AIR Series 110Artist: Wan-Yi Lin
Collaborative Partner: Roger Chen November 5th, 2016 "Defining Moments" by Wan-Yi Lin I work collaboratively with my partner and my husband Roger Chen under our studio name “Mizzonk”. Using paper, clay, wood, sand, concrete, and found objects, we create sculpture, mix media installations and participatory art. The subject of self-discovery, self-perception, and introspection often occurs in our art. We are fascinated by one’s inner-self, the authentic and essential self, yet invisible to the outside world. At the upcoming Artist’s Salon, I will be sharing some of our work and introduce our current participatory public art project called “Defining Moments”. This participatory art project gives us a permission to invite the public to take a moment to reflect upon our own life. Through sharing and reading anonymous stories, we hope the project will increase self-awareness and encourage social empathy. More about Project Artist Team leading the Participatory Public Art Project “Defining Moments” : www.ourdefiningmoments.org |
"It Takes a Village to Write a Novel!"
Kira Van Deusen invites us into the artistic process of a professional oral storyteller, writer and cellist through the writing of her timely new novel about star-crossed Persian lovers: Faraj – a Space of Possibility.
The process included transforming an oral story into a written one, as well as a lot of research – travelling in Iran, reading, and mostly consulting with generous and knowledgeable Iranian friends here in Vancouver.
Along the way she has learned a lot about language and culture as she gradually found her goal of bringing people of different religions and cultures together.
More About Kira: www.kiravan.com