EXHIBITION OPENING + PERFORMANCE
EXHIBITION OPENING: VOICES OF EXPERIENCE

Curated by Anne Kim

Thu, 06/20/2024
7:00 PM Goethe-Institut LA Project Space

Join us, artist Anne Kim, and community elders Cathy Yi, Fransisca Santiago Carranza, Sabina Guzman, and Yang Ja Kim on Thursday, June 20th, 2024 from 7-9:30 PM for the opening performance and reception for the exhibition VOICES OF EXPERIENCE.

Developed and curated by Los Angeles-based artist Anne Kim, "Voices of Experience" is an intergenerational and multilingual interdisciplinary project that aims to amplify the rich narratives of community elders residing near the Goethe-Institut in MacArthur Park. Selected from this vibrant community, four elders: Cathy Yi, Fransisca Santiago Carranza, Sabina Guzman, and Yang Ja Kim, will participate in a collaborative choreographic process. The culmination of this endeavor will be a storytelling exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles Project space that integrates film, dance, audio, and visual arts. “Voices of Experience” includes special live performances, workshops, and features photographs and video interviews from KYCC’s Koreatown Storytelling Program, offering a compelling exploration of our elders’ diverse experiences and perspectives.

Admission is free.
All ages are welcome.
Light refreshments provided

PROGRAM:
6:30 PM Doors open.
7:00 PM Welcoming + Introduction
7:15 PM VOICES OF EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCE
8:15 PM Reception
9:30 PM End of Event

VOICES OF EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCE
Cathy, Fransisca, Sabina, and Yang Ja’s choreographic processes are an integral part of the “Voices of Experience” live performance. This immersive experience features performances constructed around music, dance, and film, incorporating visual art, video interviews, found objects, and other everyday items which are significant to the lives of the participants. These physical items enrich the performances and serve as physical manifestations of each elders’ story.

Each participant tells us their story day after day, performing the duties and roles we have come to expect of them and perhaps take for granted. Roles and duties such as motherhood, domestic chores, and assimilation to American life, to activities such as selling afternoon snacks to middle school students after school, volunteering to clean up litter from MacArthur Park, and even taking the metro: these performances are swallowed into the abyss of “everyday life”, and rarely heard. Through collaboration, this project seeks to amplify these voices and provide tools for them to create using their own narratives, and thus share their unique experiences to the public. By giving space to voices that are regularly silenced and infrequently developed artistically, we can all learn from their VOICES OF EXPERIENCE.


VOICES OF EXPERIENCE is on view at the Goethe-Institut from June 20th - July 19th, 2024

During Office Hours: June 20th, 2024 - July 19th, 2024
                                    Tuesday–Thursdays: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
                                     Fridays: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm 

Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Public transport is possible with the red line to MacArthur Park/Westlake stop. Using carpool or ride-share options are appreciated.

VOICES OF EXPERIENCE is part of the Neighborhood Interpretive Center, a hyperlocal initiative of cultural programs that focus on and uplift the MacArthur Park/Westlake neighborhood and surrounding areas.