Simon Leung_CCA.
So I went to see Simon Leung speak at cca last Thursday. The work he showed was rarely seen in the states. the topic he presented was sitting in a squatting position and the associations we make with it. He explores the physical remainders of racial issues such as squatting and talked about the techniques of the body -something we perform over and over. The surrounding ideas of performing ethnicity and the racialized body in relation to his work was very interesting.
One of the projects he briefly presented was a series of 1000 posters of a person squatting wheatpasted in germany. The creation of a chair with ones own body is interesting and it was interesting to see the posters out in the world and invited the viewers to observe from this position.
Another project he shared was his piece titled "Farewell to post colonialism" An image of a statue of George Washington from a Chicago University photoshopped into a squatting position. The statue itself was 200 or so years old so it was quite a sight to see it function in a new position. He mentioned that he was addressing the issues of power relations of squatting and the categorizing of a single country.
So, basically I really liked his actual work and ideas. But the lecture... SO BORING. Perhaps if there was more images then looking at the same one for fifteen minutes straight. I feel bad for being a little bored, but I feel as if I would have had more fun just researching his work on my own.
Until next time
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