Come to the yum cha table to discuss ‘Where Are You From?’
An interactive installation by artist Shelley Cheng, this work explores experiences of otherness as collected from people who grew up Asian in Australia.
Location: QUT Gardens Point, Lawn (Near entrance to the Goodwill Bridge and Riverstage)
Timing:
4 – 7pm Thursday 21st March (Includes opening event 6-7pm)
10 – 6pm Friday 22 March
10 – 6pm Saturday 23rd March
Opening Event:
The Opening Event will include a panel and participatory discussion facilitated by Brisbane Free University, featuring the artist and other creative contributors.
About Shelley:
Shelley Cheng is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives on the stolen Aboriginal land of the Jagera and Turrbal peoples. Her work draws from her experience of diaspora. She has exhibited throughout Brisbane in local cafes, shops, pop-up art spaces and artist-run initiatives. Shelley’s art also appears in political campaigns, community events, and fundraisers. She is currently undertaking an artist residency through Visible Ink while completing her undergraduate studies at QUT in Law (Honours)/ Journalism. She is interested in abolition, critical race theory and transformative justice.
This project is presented as a part of Brisbane City Council’s Temporary Art Program 2019, produced by Metro Arts and people+artist+place, and made possible through the support of QUT Life and Curiocity.
