unFound Opening: Reception & Reading
Central UMC, Stockton, CA
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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unFound Exhibition Poster
unFound calendar
september 5-12th, 2008
central united methodist church
stockton, ca
october 3, 2008
interplayce
2273 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
october 15th-december 15th, 2008
bade museum, pacific school of religion
berkeley, ca
central united methodist church
stockton, ca
october 3, 2008
interplayce
2273 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
october 15th-december 15th, 2008
bade museum, pacific school of religion
berkeley, ca
artist statement
Journeys to Southeast Asia have been made to discover the exotic and the unknown. From Marco Polo to Christopher Columbus, discoveries of the “Other” have inevitably changed the traveler in ways both unimaginable and indescribable. These journeys reverse the roles of the discovered and the discoverer. Going on the journey demands a redefinition of what is found and what is lost within the multi-cultural, inter-religious, socio-historical contexts of Southeast Asia.
Throughout time, Art and Poetry have served as vehicles through which these journeys are re-envisioned and these experiences re-created; Art and Poetry help to reveal the complexities surrounding these encounters. Through art, the undoing of pre-conceived intelligences, which occurs in these exchanges, moves from abstract to concrete contexts. Poetry articulates the re-construction of found knowledge that occurs in variegated forms and in the marginalized spaces.
unFound is an exhibition of poetry and visual art that explores the multi-dimensions of holy encounters ever-present in journeys of unraveling. It is designed through poetry, drawing, photography, and video, to present travelers, students, teachers, and ministers with an opportunity to engage in self-critical reflection within the contexts of an increasingly globalized world.
unFound provides the chance to see Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Hong Kong with the eyes of travelers who, through the fracturing of their perceived realities, saw the Sacred in each encounter.
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