#AGAlive: Walking conversation with aiya哎呀
In this AGAlive, aiya哎呀 discuss the shifting borders of Chinatown in Edmonton and their upcoming work in borderLINE: the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art. This conversation takes place in many locations that are relevant to their work; the former site of the Chinatown gate in Edmonton, the LRT, the outdoor storage where the gate sits dismantled, the location slated for the construction of a new Chinatown gate, and the AGA. By visiting all of these locations during their discussion, the artists Grace Law and Shawn Tse with curator Lindsey Sharman unpack the complexities of their practice.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020
Premieres on the Art Gallery of Alberta YouTube channel on Wednesday, August 5 at noon MST.
LINDSEY SHARMAN
Lindsey V. Sharman is Curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta. She has studied Art History and Curating in Canada, England, Switzerland and Austria, earning degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of the Arts, Zurich. From 2012-2018 she was the first curator of the Founders’ Gallery at the Military Museums in Calgary, an academic appointment through the University of Calgary. Her primary area of research is politically and socially engaged art practice. Curatorial projects of note include TRENCH, a durational performance by Adrian Stimson; Felled Trees, an exhibition deconstructing national identity at Canada House, London; Gassed Redux by Adad Hannah; and the nationally touring retrospective The Writing on the Wall: Works of Dr. Joane Cardinal Schubert.
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