Cheryl Sim The Thomas Wang Project

Date(s): May 22 2015

Event

The Thomas Wang Project

© R. Di Giacomantonio, 2014

New Media Performance
Friday, May 22, 2015 at 5 pm and 7 pm

Tickets on sale at OBORO ($5)
As of May 12, 2015
From Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5 pm.
You can also call 514 844-3250 (credit card only).
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Just months before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, my grand uncle Thomas Wang was arrested in Shanghai on charges of profiteering. My grandmother and her younger brother tried to plead his case. But with the government set on making an example of him, Thomas was executed on September 24, 1948. An exploration of his context, archival fragments and a musical séance will come together in an attempt to connect with this suppressed family story in order to invoke and preserve Thomas’ memory.

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The Thomas Wang Project

© R. Di Giacomantonio, 2014

Cheryl Sim is a media artist, curator and musician. She began her professional life at Studio D of the NFB, which led her to the wild world of video art and her involvement with artist run centres. Her artistic output in single-channel video and media installation has persistently dealt with questions of identity formation and relations of power. Musically, she explores the intersections of jazz and electronic music that are haunted by a cabaret spirit.

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