Œuvre d'art public

Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World)

Ana Chang, Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World), 1991
Ana Chang, Journey Into the Centre (Beyond the Western World), 1991
Location:
Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 rue Pender Est , Vancouver, BC, V6A 3V6, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Chang, Ana
Text author(s): 
Chang, Ana
Installation year: 
1991
Remarks on location: 

Le texte s’appose sur les fenêtres du CCC au niveau de la rue et fait le tour de l’édifice

Description: 

Texte inscrit dans la fenêtre d'une boutique

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, identité canadienne-chinoise
Artwork theme: 
Acculturation, assimilation, identité canadienne-chinoise
History: 

Événement : Self Not Whole: Cultural Identity and Chinese-Canadian Artists in Vancouver (commissaire: Henry Tsang et Lorraine Chan. Artistes participants: Ana Chang, Diana Li, Pender Guy, Mary Sui-Yee Wong, Paul Wong, Kiki Yee, Sharyn Yuen)

2-30 novembre 1991

Event date(s): 
1991
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