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pleased to announce that
"Temporary" will be included
in "Home" at OCCCA and VAALA.
Exhibition: July 5 to 26, 2014
VAALA Culture Center (Vietnamese
American Arts & Letters
Association) and OCCCA (Orange
County Center for Contemporary
Art) are co-hosting the
exhibition that will take place
in two locations at the same
time.
Opening Night: July 5, 6 -10pm
Locations: OCCCA: 117 N.
Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA, 92701.
VAALA: 1600 N. Broadway, Suite
210, Santa Ana, CA., 92706
The word “HOME” resonates on
cultural, emotional,
intellectual, religious,
philosophical, political and
spiritual levels—as a place, a
space, a myth, a source of
identity, a promised land, a
state of being, a war zone, an
impossibility, and/or an
inalienable right. The goal of
the exhibition is to
illuminate and enrich our
understanding of the concept
of “HOME” through artworks
that critically explore the
concept and that also allow us
to see various interpretations
of the concept from different
cultural standpoints (i.e.
Vietnamese American, Cambodian
American, Mexican American,
White American, generational,
etc.). OCCCA
website
"Temporary"
explores the temporary state of
each interaction and every
juncture, within the confines of
a home. Planting annuals;
picking ripe summer tomatoes;
the smell of cut grass, laughter
and fleeting moments of play;
strangers thrown together; all
played out under a bright summer
sun, as a family and a
construction crew share space
during a house project. The crew
builds an addition on the front
of the house while the family
carries on their routines at the
back of the house. The piece
also depicts the transient
nature of the crew’s presence,
not just in this job, but
perhaps more fundamentally as
immigrants, moving from job to
job - tomorrow, another house,
another family.
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