Our stories are for us to tell, not to be “discovered” by others.
Everyday Chinatown
The everyday object is a beautiful way to explore collective memory... bagua - octagonal fengshui mirror, baihuayou -white flower oil, pipagao - loquat syrup… In this project, we record stories about objects found in everyday life in our community. In previous years, we have created displays of artifacts in shopfront windows around our neighborhood. We used a cellphone audioguide system to play back the stories which we have recorded in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English. We have many visitors come through our neighborhood who might not have the chance to speak with someone who lives here. By recording and presenting stories from our seniors and other community members, our aim is to give our neighbors the opportunity to represent themselves. This year, because of the COVID crisis, we have invited 4 API artists to interpret these artifacts through animated illustrations.
ARTISTS
Lilly Lam @lillikins, Hui Ma @notyourcockroach, John Lee @johnleedraws, Xinmei Liu @cat_mover
T!C TEAM
Curation & Production: Yin Kong
Storytelling Facilitation: Alice Liu, Rochelle Kwan, Yin Kong, Wilfred Chan, Arthur Tam
Audio Editing: Aaron Reiss, Jennifer Lai, Jun Yi Tan, Hai-Li Kong, Greg Hom, Brian He, Yixin Cen, Rochelle Kwan, Alice Liu Translations: Karen Low Subtitles: Rochelle Kwan, Vincent Tsai
Video Editing: Hai-Li Kong, John Lee
