In 2005\, UBC Professors Gu Xiong\, Kit Gr auer\, Rita Irwin and Emily Carr Prof. Ruth Beer traveled to China to share their work with universities and communities in cities including Chongqing \, Beijing and Xi'an. During that trip\, they showed the &quo
UBC and
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design professors are collaborating with R
ichmond residents to create public art about their identity\, place and com
munity in a multi-venue project called? "City of Rich Gate." The title refe
rs to the Chinese translation for Richmond.
The largest of the "City o
f Rich Gate" projects will open at Richmond City Hall this weekend. Visitor
s will see large hanging photographic panels that form "Gates\," and "Side
By Side" photographic panels that juxtapose two images referring to partici
pating families' past histories or the places from which they emigrated and
images of Richmond today. A museum case installation of "Cherished Memorie
s and Treasured Artifacts" speaks to family histories and present life in R
ichmond.
Reflecting Richmond's diversity\, the project involves many families who are from China along with those from Japan\, India\, South Afr ica\, Germany and Estonia.
Other "City of Rich Gate" art projects con currently displayed includes banners outside the Richmond Cultural Centre\, and "Postcards from Home" at the Richmond Museum -- a project that reflect s stories of Richmond children and families through art and written narrati ves on postcards\, and bus shelter posters displayed in Richmond during the month of May.
Runs through May 2007.
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