Monday, February 23, 2009

Artists and Activists

Sandra Tsing Loh - German and Chinese/ KPCC/ Performance artist/ Focuses on LAUSD and Education
Freedom Sounds - Korean American/ Traditional Drumming
Tony Osumi - Muralists in Little Tokyo/ Works with the community/ SOCA is bringing him in??
Skim -musical stuff/ spoken work musician/ works with freedom sounds
Taiko Teams - 5c Teams/ opening act maybe?/ or other LA teams
Bambu - spoken word artist/ hip hop / youth empowerment/ social and political issues/ local artists
D'lo - LA/ Sri Lankan - American/ SOCA may bring her/ war/ race/ class/ sexuality/ political theatre
Canyan Sam - performance artist/ so cal activism/ San Francisco
Sabrina Tan - Filipino/ spoken word artist/ Bamboo Girl editor/ Los Angeles
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7 comments:

  1. allisonFebruary 23, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    during this class period we decided the event will be 5 C focused!

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  2. allisonMarch 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    Natty says: Karen Yamashita a writer from Los Angeles/ race relations in LA/ immigrant experience/ globalization/ mulitculturalism

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  3. allisonMarch 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Shara says:
    Kip Fulbeck
    Gaye Chan
    Dawn E. Nakanishi
    Margaret Cho

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  4. allisonMarch 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    venue - outside or inside?

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  5. allisonMarch 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Brainstorming for event:

    What is Asian American Art?
    What is Asian American Identity?
    How important is the Pan Asian movement in terms of art and activism?
    Is all art political? propaganda? history?

    Less entertainment more education/ information focused
    speakers/performers/panel/ audience engagement/audience activity

    local focus - local art
    awareness and discourse

    advertise new course

    alums in the area?
    students?

    Format:
    introduce class, goals of class
    performances: spoken word, screen a short film, writer or painter or dancer
    Taiko drummers
    panel discussion - questions - formatted/ structured discussion

    Artists:
    Skim
    Bambu
    Toni Osumi
    graffiti artists
    Evan Leong

    side notes - open screening of film

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  6. JunkoMarch 3, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    YouTube video of artists answering the question: what does being Asian AMerican mean to you? Many of the artists/actors/etc. speak of underrepresentation, how their identity is reflected in their work: Check it out:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWey0hhi3Dw

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  7. JunkoMarch 3, 2009 at 1:24 AM

    Evan Leong-filmmaker
    worked with Justin Lin in Better Luck Tommorrow and co-produced Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (comedy)

    Trailor:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnCKTlV-6MU&feature=related

    good video:
    behind the scenes, discussion on Asian AMerican good stuff about Finishing the Game/BLT:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siGEJexT6So

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