Unearthing Chinatown: Memories Lost and Found
Jan 29
Feb 19 2022
exhibition in-person
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Free
401 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Jan 21Fri 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 22Sat 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 23Sun Closed
Jan 24Mon Closed
Jan 25Tue 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 26Wed 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 27Thu 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 28Fri 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 29Sat 12:00pm 6:00pm
Jan 30Sun Closed

‘Unearthing Chinatown’ is a search for time past and futures remembered. The exhibition unearths the layers of Toronto’s downtown Chinatowns from its first Chinese-owned business, to the urban evolutions of Toronto’s four downtown Chinatown neighbourhoods, to machine learning AI-imagined futures. Visitors are invited to join in the exploration of Chinatown’s pasts, presents, and futures, unearthing memories lost and found. Using memory as the medium of past experience, visitors will discover that, here, the past is not complete. Here, memory is open and history is dynamic, ever-shifting. Here, the future is found in every place of memory. And, here, every memory constructs a new place, unearths another Chinatown, an other here, another now. Join us in our search of Chinatown’s memories: lost and found, past and future, in every place of memory shared and lived.

Participants

Linda Zhang, Amy Yan, Jenna Buchwitz, Soon Chul Park, Sally Park, Duyen Nguyen, Jimmy Tran, Jae Seo

Accessibility

Who should visitors contact with questions regarding accessibility?
Karen Carter
Can people get to the venue using accessible transit?
Yes