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Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World)

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Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World) [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Tsang, H. (1991). Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity […] Vancouver: The Chinese Cultural Centre. p.68 [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Tsang, H. (1991). Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity […] Vancouver: The Chinese Cultural Centre. p.68 [3]
Location:
Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 3V6, Canada

Artwork identification

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 [4]
Source: 
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Document(s): 
Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity and Chinese-Canadian Artists in Vancouver. November 2-30, 1991
Tsang, Henry (1991).  Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity and Chinese-Canadian Artists in Vancouver. November 2-30, 1991 . Vancouver : The Chinese Cultural Centre, p. 68
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