Public Artwork
Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World)
Location:
Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 3V6, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s):
Chang, Ana
Text author(s):
Chang, Ana
Installation year:
1991
Remarks on location:
The text is placed in the windows of the CCC and runs along the building at street level.
Description:
Text entered in the window of a shop
Text of the artwork:
1.MY MOTHER TONGUE,
MY MOTHER’S TONGUE
2.DIS PLACE, THIS PLACE
SHE DISPLAYS HER SCHOOL TROPHIES.
3.WE ARE NOT, HAVE NOT
4. INSTRUCTION: STAND NEAR THE CENTRE
FORMULA¬____
X=INDOCTRINATION
Y=IMMERSION
Z=DESIRE
Nth=MIND, HEART, SOUL
GRADE= ___
MIND= ___%
HEART= ___%
SOUL= ___%
5. ON LOCATION: VANCOUVER,
BEIJING, ETC.
“WHERE ARE YOU FROM?”
“CANADA”.
“NO. WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM…”
6.SHE STARED AT THE MARGIN INTO
THE NIGHT.
SHE WAS ADVISED TO STUDY THE
METAPHYSICAL POETS.
7.SWEET & BITTER
DRINK A BOWL OF HERBAL BROTH.
IT WILL NOURISH AND GUARD
AGAINST DYSFUNCTION.
8.DESTINATION KNOWN AND HIDDEN
PLOTTING A MAP OF THE PAST/
PRESENT/FUTURE.
Text theme:
Acculturation, assimilation, Chinese-Canadian identity
Artwork theme:
Acculturation, assimilation, Chinese-Canadian identity
History:
Event: Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity and Chinese-Canadian Artists in Vancouver (Commissioner: Lorraine Henry Tsang and Chan. Participating artists: Ana Chang, Diana Li, Pender Guy, Mary Sui-Yee Wong, Paul Wong, Kiki Yee, Sharyn Yuen)
November 2-30, 1991
Artist's biography:
Chang, Ana Document(s):
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