Editing Ginger Garden (section)

=Welcome to Ginger Garden 2016=

La version en français suivra.

Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents
Ginger Garden Thurs. Sept. 1, 2016, 5-9 pm, free,
Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Ten presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 6 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 6 minutes. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome!
Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring your own plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste as well as a food item to share. See you there!!

Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente
Ginger Garden,jeudi, 1 Sept. 2016, 17h-21h, entrée libre 
Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Dix invités, s'identifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 6 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 6 minutes. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.

Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste réprésentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes. 

SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!!
Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


==Jimmy Ung, Moderator==
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Jimmy Ung was born in Montreal from a family of Cambodian War Refugees who arrived in Canada in the early 1980s. He studied Industrial Relations and International Cooperation at the Université de Montréal, and Chinese Martial Arts for 3 years during his youth. Jimmy has held professional positions at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Parliament, as well as with international charity Free The Children and software development company Softimage (AVID / Autodesk). Working on the intersections of culture, politics, policy development and community engagement, he has also been a member of several Board of Directors in sectors such as University Research, Health and Social Services and Youth Services / Representation Structures. 

With a strong interest in the notion of Global Citizenship, as understood from a cultural perspective rather than from a political one. He recently embarked on a motorcycle journey across the Americas where he conducted photo interviews of over 150 individuals from the 18 countries he visited. He has recently self-published a Photo Documentary Book titled "Americano", and held photo exhibits in Buenos Aires and Montréal.

==Cathy Wong==
Juriste de formation, Cathy Wong est devenue la plus jeune présidente du Conseil des Montréalaises depuis sa création, et occupe le poste d’agente de développement jeunesse pour les YMCA du Québec. Après avoir présidé le Jeune Conseil de Montréal et le Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal, Cathy est aujourd’hui membre du conseil d’administration de la Société du 375e anniversaire de Montréal, du c.a. de Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec, du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, ainsi que des comités consultatifs d’Élections Canada et de MaTV. 
Elle était une des concurrentes de l'émission télévisée La Course Évasion autour du monde et chroniqueuse à la Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada. Elle a co-animé les émissions Les Oranges Pressées et Droit de cité sur les ondes de CIBL. Elle était aussi collaboratrice mensuelle dans le cadre des Duos improbables à l'émission Pas de midi sans info. 
Depuis 2012, elle contribue aux efforts de reconstruction du YMCA d’Haïti à Port-au-Prince. Ses engagements lui ont valu en 2009, le prix Hommage Bénévolat-Québec remis par le ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, le prix Femmes de mérite du Y des femmes (2014), ainsi que le prix « Ambassadrice » de l’organisme Cultures Croisées et « Personnalité de la diversité 2014» de l’agence de presse Médiamosaïque.

==Amrita Choudhury==
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Amrita Choudhury is a Dancer, Choreographer, & Teacher and works in the field of " Dance & Education" and performs cultural research into various styles of dances. She also uses dance as a healing and thereapeutique tool, in combination with the ancient techniques of Yoga & Meditation, dating back to the Tantric tradition of Dance/Yoga practices.
Trained in India in Classical, folk, gypsy & modern Indian dance traditions, a transmission which has been passed down from generation to generation, Amrita travels internationally teaching workshops, offering performances & lectures in the field of Dance & Yoga-Dance.  She has also appeared in various Television and Radio shows in Norht America, Europe, India & in South America.
Amrita’s primary interest is to use dance as a tool to bring awareness to various political, socio-cultural & spiritual aspects of life. She has performed extensive research into the ancient temple dancers of East India & the vanishing Rajasthani Gypsy dance cultures.
Amrita was educated in Tagore's ashram in Santiniketan India, where an intimate relationship with mother nature, respect for the environment, and living in harmony with all that surrounds us, was of importance in the everyday educational model.
Amrita believes that dance is a philosophy of life in motion, and that every single being is a dancer in their own way.  
Topic:
A dancers Journey throughout the years: from India to Canada......
What lies behind the different masks of dance? A story about how dance shaped the woman, and how the woman shaped the dance.....
AMRITA DANCE CREATIONS  http://www.ananda-amrita.com
NRITYA YOGA - YOGA OF DANCE http://www.nrityayogadance.com

==Huu Bac== 
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Huu Bac arrived in Quebec from Vietnam at the age of two, and absorbs with great enthusiasm life in his new homeland.  His musical journey starts in Montreal (McGill University) with a sound foundation in jazz guitar.  In 2002, he discovers the beauty of the vietnamese monochord, the Dan Bau, under the guidance of master Pham Duc Thanh.  He works on traditional repertoire all the while  integrating western pieces.  His curiosity for ancient string instruments leads him to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he learns the chinese fidlle, the Erhu. Back in Montreal in 2006, he encounters renoun peruvian composer Lucho Quequezana who invites him to a musical journey in Peru with the group Sonidos Vivos.  This intimate contact with afro-peruvian music and music from the Andes is a source a inspiration in his artistic itinerary.  Learning to play the andean bambo flute, the Quena, Huu Bac expands his talents of performer to a new instrument.
From 2009 to 2015, he collaborates twice with the Cirque du Soleil, recording for the shows “Totem” and “Toruk”.  He also recorded for “Canotgraphie”, a show by artistic director Robert Lepage.  In 2010, he distinguishes himself as finalist for the “Montreal Arts Council Diversity Award”.  Recipient in 2011 and 2012 of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts as a composer, he is as well invited in 2011 to take part in the festival “Africa-Asia Encounters”, in Paris.
Nourrished by his travels and encounters, he dedicates himself to the composition and performance of a present day jazz music blending eastern and western colours.  The waters of the Mekong River flows in his compositions, expressing his asian cultural heritage in the North American backdrop.
In november 2013, he founded the Huu Bac Quintet, which has since toured in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, as well as garnered various awards : “RIDEAU/ROSEQ Award 2014”, “Entrées en Scène Loto-Québec 2015-16”, “Stingray Rising Stars Award 2015”.
His fisrt album as a composer/performer, “On the Steps of St-Paul’s”, will be released in 2016.

Short description : 
Of Vietnamese origins, Huu Bac Quach masters a wide array of musical instruments, including the dan bau (single chord Vietnamese instrument), the erhu (Chinese fiddle), the quena (Peruvian flute) and the guitar.  In concert, he presents his compositions which skillfully combines his Vietnamese and Chinese heritages to North-American jazz music.
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==Hera Chan==
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Hera Chan is journalist, art worker, and organizer based in Montreal on the unceded land of Kanien'kehá:ka. She has gathered news for the Eastern Door, the McGill Daily, the Media Co-op, and CKUT Radio. Hera's research is grounded in the discipline of East Asian Studies and histories of solidarity movements. As the current director of Atelier Céladon, she speaks with voices of diasporic peoples to socially engineer another future that is already possible.

Presentation 
As one of the co-founders and current director of Atelier Céladon, Hera will speak to the inception of the loose network of educators, artists, curators, and community members that prioritize the voices of people of colour and the imaginings of what it means to strengthen these networks of solidarity in the local contemporary art world in Montreal. To be practical, to discuss what can we do with what we yearn for together. 

web links
http://www.heraschan.com
http://www.atelierceladon.com

==Madeleine Thien== 
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Madeleine Thien is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, and three novels, including  Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Five Dials, Brick, and elsewhere. Her most recent novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was published this year. She lives in Montreal.

Presentation: Madeleine will read from/talk about Do Not Say We Have Nothing, a novel about music, art and revolution in 20th century China.


==kimura-lemoine==
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nathalie lemoine  (나타리 르무완 * ナタリー.ルモワーヌ) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and photography.  kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened and published internationally (artist’ statement).
as a curator, kimura-lemoine has developed projects that give voice and visibility to minorities and as an activist archivist, ze is working on ACA (adoptees cultural archives)  to document the history of adoptee’s culture through media and arts.

Presentation
Project # 6261 Montreal Project is a photographic and video project I  carried in the city of Montreal. Designed as a participatory piece of work, the project proposes a new artistic urban vision to create a link with locals and their memory of certain places.

==Shié Kasai== 
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Shié Kasai is a visual artist born in Sapporo Japan, lives in Montréal since 1998. She holds a BA from Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo and a MFA from Concordia University in Montréal. She majored in sculpture. Her site-specific installation projects reflect on her personal issues and everyday situations. For living she worked as a medical illustrator at McGill University from 2002 to 2015.  She has presented exhibitions in Japan, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Canada. In 2010 her daughter was born. She is working on a graphic novel about parenting since 2012.  

Presentation: “Attends-moi!”, a graphic novel about being a mother in Montreal, raising a daughter who was born as a premature baby. 
Shié will speak about her experience of writing her first graphic novel project and using this familiar material to communicate with audiences.
http://www.shiekasai.com/aux/manga/

==Jimmy Ung==
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Presentation: Photographing Human Dignity in the Americas: Jimmy will speak about his experience of driving his motorcycle from Montréal to Ushuaia, Argentina and using photography to engage with the people he met along the way, and the stories and images that are meaningful in their lives.

==Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino==
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Jenny Lin is a multidisciplinary artist who creates experimental narrative-based works aimed at causing disruption to the everyday and infiltrating mainstream narrative frameworks with difference, ambiguity and awkwardness. Jenny completed a BFA degree at the University of Calgary in 98 and an MFA at Concordia University in 2001. She teaches at Concordia University as a sessional instructor in the Print Media program area.

Eloisa Aquino was born in Brazil in 1970. She worked as a translator, writer, and journalist in her country of origin. In 2000, she moved to Canada to pursue a M.A. in Media Studies at Concordia University, where she researched the food of immigrants in Montreal. Always active in the micropublishing industry, having published art and poetry fanzines since the 1980s in São Paulo, she founded B&D Press in 2009. She is the author of the series, “The Life and Times of Butch Dykes”. 

Together Eloisa and Jenny run B&D Press, a Montreal-based micro-press focused on queer zines and artist's books. 

For more info, please visit: http://banddpress.blogspot.ca andhttp://www.jenny-lin.ca
 
Presentation description: 
Jenny and Eloisa’s presentation for Ginger Garden will be about the formation of B&D Press and their interest in self-publishing zines and artists’ books with usually queer content.


==SHERWIN TJIA==
SHERWIN TJIA is the author of 9 books. His collection of 1300 pseudohaikus, The World is a Heartbreaker, was a finalist for the Quebec Writers Federations's A.M. Klein Award. His graphic novel, The Hipless Boy, was a finalist for the Doug Wright Award and nominated for 4 Ignatz Awards. His latest book is the last of a trilogy of Choose Your Own Adventure style books from the POV of a cat, entitled You Are a Kitten!. In addition to his writing, he is also a multidisciplinary artist whose practise blurs the boundaries between performer and audience. Incorporating elements of childhood and nostalgia, Tjia's events create contexts that welcome participants to open and unsettle themselves, often in acts of radical intimacy or unexpected collaboration. He gently seduces participants into regressing and revealing themselves under the auspices of “having a good time”. He has toured these works nationally and internationally.

==An Li, Vo Thien Viet, and Emily Yee Clare==
Through strikes and rants, we have struggled together to digest and understand our identities. Always complicated, always confusing, we want to investigate who we are, and memory and its place within our communities. Although, we come from different places and perspectives, our narratives have woven together through love, activism, and friendship.

Intimacies bring us together, strengthen our will, and empower us to fight for our communities and our politics. We want to highlight the two sides of this: the internal care and love and the outward cry for justice. We are looking to recreate images of everyday community members to capture individual moments of solidarity, compassion and love throughout time.

Three humans. Who made art. Once upon a time. Out of love for their communities, and rage for those who fuck with us. 

Description: Distant Intimacies is an evolving project centering racialised representation. Our presentation will discuss the challenge.


Event Day Schedule 2016

3 pm-set up room, check technical needs, computer, screen, projector, arrange tables, decorate, ensure entrance and exit are easily accessible, put up signs, volunteers are welcome

5-6 pm-welcome, visit, eat, drink 

6-MC, Jimmy Ung, intro

6:05-Cathy Wong & 6 mins Q&A

6:17-Amrita Choudhry & 6 mins. Q&A

6:29-Huu Bac Quach & 6 mins. Q&A

6:41-Hera Chan & 6 mins. Q&A 

6:53- Madeleine Thien & 6 mins. Q&A

7:05 MC-break, 12 mins.

7:17- Jimmy Ung & 6 mins. Q&A

7:29- kimura-lemoine & 6 mins. Q&A

7:41- Shie Kasai & 6 mins. Q&A

7:53- Shahriar Taheri & 6 mins. Q&A

8:05-MC, parking lot, spontaneous announcements &  break, 15 mins.

8:20- Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino & 6 mins. Q&A

8:32- Sherwin Sullivan Tjia & 6 mins. Q&A

8:44- –An Li, Vo Thien Viet & Emily Yee Clare & 6 mins. Q&A

8:56 pm- MC, parking lots, spontaneous announcements, presenters, last words 
  
9:30 pm-clean up

10 pm-clear out