EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!! This Sunday.

Vee Hua 華婷婷2 min readJanuary 25, 2011Add comment

Head down to the Pioneer Place Mall in Portland, Oregon this Sunday, January 30th, from 1:00pm to 6:00pm! Trade Gallery — in conjunction with The Aspens and Recess Gallery — for a closing show with interdisciplinary performances, music, interaction, and crafts.

The goal? DIFFUSION OF PERFORMER/VIEWER HEIRARCHY! Everything must go, and everyone must get involved!!

J.P. Huckins will take on live video recording as performance. With several video stations, he will subvert the spectator and recorder dynamic. This reversal will include live video feed along with otherless immediate methods of “viewing the viewer.”

Vivian Hua‘s “Temporary Sight Removal” workshop will allow audience members to participate in tours of the other four senses. While sight-removed, attendees will have the option to heighten their sense of touch by reading Braille literature, while the text is translated to them verbally; they’ll be able to experience smell with a guided tour of the Body Shop, along with a host of other possiblities. See the complete list of activities here.

Dani Cardia‘s “Page Turning” allows attendees to the exhibition to move through the video narrative by turning the pages of an empty book. Employing electronics and mild computer technology, an interaction with the objects articulates the imaginative expectations we may hold for common-placed accessories (a primary colored stocking cap, a sketchbook, a video camera). The combination of real-time reaction with simple familiar gestures is an attempt to explore the hopes we may harbor for a more engagingly mundane experience.

Experimental/Performative Catering, via “Performativity Parlour” and “Synonym Buns,” will be provided by Tori Abernathy, the show’s curator.

Others are welcome to contribute.

LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES:
Matt & Matt at 4:00
and Salam at 5:00

ART OBJECTS FOR SALE BY:
Kat Seale with handmade metal jewelry
Delphine Bedient – with hand-printed cards and zines.
Jamie Edwards with Limousine Shrinky-Dink Jewelry
Andrew Barton and Aria Mikkola-Sears with distribution from Open Face Records

All this will accompany the existing installations as part of The Aspens Project at Trade.

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Vee Hua 華婷婷 (they/them) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer with semi-nomadic tendencies. Much of their work unifies their metaphysical interests with their belief that art can positively transform the self and society. They are the Editor-in-Chief of REDEFINE, Interim Managing Editor of South Seattle Emerald, and Co-Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission. They also previously served as the Executive Director of the interdisciplinary community hub, Northwest Film Forum, where they played a key role in making the space more welcoming and accessible for diverse audiences.

Vee has two narrative short films. Searching Skies (2017) touches on Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States; with it, they helped co-organize The Seventh Art Stand, a national film and civil rights discussion series against Islamophobia. Reckless Spirits (2022) is a metaphysical, multi-lingual POC buddy comedy for a bleak new era, in anticipation of a feature-length project.

Vee is passionate about cultural space, the environment, and finding ways to covertly and overtly disrupt oppressive structures. They also regularly share observational human stories through their storytelling newsletter, RAMBLIN’ WITH VEE!, and are pursuing a Master’s in Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship under the Native American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota.

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