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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20220721
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/fact-my-garden-my-sanctuary/
SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: My Garden\, My Sanctuary
DESCRIPTION:MY GARDEN\, MY SANCTUARY\n\n\nComing soon: a collection of new\
 , immersive artworks by Yaloo and Sian Fan - two artists using creative te
 chnology to tell stories of ancestry and self-discovery in a hyperconnecte
 d world.\n\nRites of passage define key moments as we drift from one stage
  in life to the next. Our identities glitch and flow as the influences of 
 media\, culture and technology collide with our ancestry. In My Garden\, 
 My Sanctuary artists Sian Fan (UK) and Yaloo (South Korea) submerge us in
  watery worlds from which they reclaim their cultural identities and remak
 e their coming-of-age stories.\nThe artists present a series of large-scal
 e animated installations and interactive gaming environments using commodi
 fied symbols of East-Asian culture that have become commonplace globally. 
 These symbols include K-pop dance routines\, the use of seaweed in food an
 d beauty products\, hypersexualised female avatars and spiritual icons str
 ipped of their religious significance. Yaloo and Sian Fan take these symbo
 ls and remix them to build playful new worlds.\nCurated by Carrie Chan\, o
 ur 2022 Curator-in-Residence\, the exhibition challenges the conventional
  ways we define our backgrounds to embrace identities that are more fluid.
 \n\n\n\n\n\nYaloo presents a mystical underwater garden of seaweed: an imm
 ersive journey through ancient beliefs and family history. The installatio
 n explores how Korean rituals and traditions have been branded and repacka
 ged as products for consumption. Yaloo reclaims these symbols and weaves t
 hem together with the experiences of three generations of her maternal fam
 ily to forge her own path.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbove the water’s surface\, Si
 an Fan’s world takes shape as a lotus flower-filled sanctuary. The inter
 active artwork challenges romanticised ideas of East-Asian culture and sta
 ndards of femininity found in anime and fantasy games.\nTogether\, the art
 ists' works create a space for discovery and dialogue. For them\, the blos
 soming of new\, fluid identities begins by exploring our roots and history
 . This passage to self-realisation can be hard\, and at times painful\, bu
 t ultimately enlightening and joyful.\n\n\n\n\n
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