https://themeowingbird.com Adele Yiseol Kenworthy Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:55:59 +0000 https://themeowingbird.com en https://themeowingbird.com/Under-Four-Eyes Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:55:59 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Under-Four-Eyes Under Four Eyes November 1-January 31, 2026 <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a7d386b783378c5b1fba790325520c5bf1035b2601aee6ba4a2e7ad795aaa3d/IMG_2475.JPG" data-mid="240337997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a7d386b783378c5b1fba790325520c5bf1035b2601aee6ba4a2e7ad795aaa3d/IMG_2475.JPG" /> <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/759fa3619a3d1f8f338da94b763759984bd90e5074611c78c9aa5a342aad1d91/AK_TFAC-Post-Grad-Studio-Vision_PRINT.jpg" data-mid="240337913" border="0" 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my mom spanning the last 15 years, including personal and historic archival photos" data-caption="cocoji collage in hangari jars || photographs of flowers taken by my mom spanning the last 15 years, including personal and historic archival photos" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99f867989a944ed3e7c97ae342bccc527130dea1f1522d7e14d031a1bd1baacd/IMG_4027.JPG" /> <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/494a3d8ee304d74952d730c58edb2089a6aab79ef6dc32f53ea8b1e0d183e6c5/A1E933EF-19E9-41CC-B00D-7445E4B21FE6_1_102_a.jpeg" data-mid="243288898" border="0" alt="cocoji collage in hangari jars || cocoji arrangement of personal photo archives and organic materials" data-caption="cocoji collage in hangari jars || cocoji arrangement of personal photo archives and organic materials" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e345a85579084496701bc9f0ea69979cc0e33789ff4f196125624a179017f41/FA142106-5AFE-4D84-968C-C8A5B31ECEB5_4_5005_c.jpeg" data-mid="243289252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e345a85579084496701bc9f0ea69979cc0e33789ff4f196125624a179017f41/FA142106-5AFE-4D84-968C-C8A5B31ECEB5_4_5005_c.jpeg" /> <img width="4474" height="3579" width_o="4474" height_o="3579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e40b4e98f40eb77ce15fce124e55c406b7ef0e1abc6501cda7bd1dad2d64576/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-07.jpg" data-mid="243822992" border="0" alt="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e40b4e98f40eb77ce15fce124e55c406b7ef0e1abc6501cda7bd1dad2d64576/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-07.jpg" /> <img width="4560" height="3648" width_o="4560" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/885c5c0377143f202c2161de44eb378d5dc98327b26273e6e1c45043566da3cf/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-12.jpg" data-mid="243822993" border="0" alt="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/885c5c0377143f202c2161de44eb378d5dc98327b26273e6e1c45043566da3cf/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-12.jpg" /> <img width="4560" height="3648" width_o="4560" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a19262546d88930367fde66251f3afeb902be67b61fef1c511eeae9b8249833c/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-25.jpg" data-mid="243822995" border="0" alt="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" 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Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c51a9b676cf90da4c0be2aed184e90f67976debdce94550d5afeac1d293242b2/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-34.jpg" /> <img width="4560" height="3648" width_o="4560" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c939a45a491cbad8f40404ce2fbd0098c1ecd752e4e1c9d11c77200e1ed39cb/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-48.jpg" data-mid="243823001" border="0" alt="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c939a45a491cbad8f40404ce2fbd0098c1ecd752e4e1c9d11c77200e1ed39cb/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-48.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="4560" width_o="3648" height_o="4560" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d691186510eaa201c15c7edc39aeacf9e6c2aeafc1beb03fd978fac4ca97a96/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-47.jpg" data-mid="243823000" border="0" alt="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" data-caption="photo by Bianca Bakonyi/torpedo factory art center" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d691186510eaa201c15c7edc39aeacf9e6c2aeafc1beb03fd978fac4ca97a96/Studio-Photos_Adele-Kenworthy_by-Bianca-Bakonyi-47.jpg" /> Under Four EyesTorpedo Factory Art Center Post-Graduate Residency Alexandria, VA What can the body hold that the archive cannot? Under Four Eyes is a decentralized, embodied counter-archive project that gathers oral histories, field recordings, and rituals centered on intergenerational knowledge exchange. Embodied that insists on movement and shape —gesture, ritual, and the struggle to remember as legible and valid modes of preservation. The project takes its name from a German idiom—“unter vier augen”—which refers to private, intimate exchange between two people. Rooted in grassroots organizing methodologies, I’m interested in the archive that uses one-on-one conversation as both an artistic form and survival strategy. And within this form I’ve been asking: What does it mean to pass down knowledge in hushed tones? How do we teach our communities to safeguard artists’ work during crises, outside institutional spaces—through neighbors, friends, and family? During my time at the Torpedo Factory Post-Grad residency, the studio is transformed to mirror my umma’s tailor shop as I work through another form of soft mending, not with clothes but memory. https://themeowingbird.com/Goethe-Institut-x-Thomas-Mann-House Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:46:49 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Goethe-Institut-x-Thomas-Mann-House Goethe Institut x Thomas Mann House&nbsp; May 10, 2025 <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c2b394d23c1948927580d484f0258d1756dbe3119b1e8033985c02bf462136b/499708898_734700915566185_1039849750646559492_n.jpg" data-mid="237783996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c2b394d23c1948927580d484f0258d1756dbe3119b1e8033985c02bf462136b/499708898_734700915566185_1039849750646559492_n.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2678e5b7aa7bf94d911e0ec36221861a3bbed02dcec52ed3419cc27bb4e9312b/499665747_734701265566150_1270724257166620388_n.jpg" data-mid="237783994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2678e5b7aa7bf94d911e0ec36221861a3bbed02dcec52ed3419cc27bb4e9312b/499665747_734701265566150_1270724257166620388_n.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b73012f8b97dc3b7b9dd548c9e14b202b5541ea87ab2f154d5179277ef22049/499706756_734702075566069_4104120699235552343_n.jpg" data-mid="237783995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b73012f8b97dc3b7b9dd548c9e14b202b5541ea87ab2f154d5179277ef22049/499706756_734702075566069_4104120699235552343_n.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/057d1242f53e5123a2e213e22782a2f65bcdcf27940b3ab47a4648e6990a83de/500398301_734701572232786_7750323939718059908_n.jpg" data-mid="237783997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/057d1242f53e5123a2e213e22782a2f65bcdcf27940b3ab47a4648e6990a83de/500398301_734701572232786_7750323939718059908_n.jpg" /> what is something you always wished I had asked and knew about you?Goethe Institut x Thomas Mann House LAUSC Libraries, the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research Washington, D.C.&nbsp; I was invited by the Goethe Institut to present my floral sculpture series for an event called “An Appeal to Reason” inspired by the life and influence of Thomas Mann as a lens that rooted conversations around the current state of democracy, importance of freedom of expression, and the role of artistic intervention. what is something you always wished I had asked and knew about you? is a floral sculpture series that confronts how we hold and carry memory in the diaspora through cocoji&nbsp;— a fading practice of floral arranging in Korea lost during a time of occupation and war. The figures in the series includes the last remaining photographic archives of my family originally from the Gwangju region of Korea. A region known for the student-led demonstrations in their fight for democracy against the coup of Chun Doo-hwan in 1980. The gidung table crafted by artist Jeffrey Yoo Warren is built around a&nbsp;hanok&nbsp;joint using the same woodworking technique that holds old Korean homes together. The florals are arranged in hangari&nbsp;earthenware vessels traditionally used to ferment and preserve foods. Photos provided by Thomas Mann House LA https://themeowingbird.com/The-Durational-Performance-of-Cut-Fruit Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:45:33 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/The-Durational-Performance-of-Cut-Fruit The Durational Performance of Cut Fruit February 18-March 27, 2025 <img width="3300" height="5100" width_o="3300" height_o="5100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55ee7a3b7e2cf58f99e8cebadf685b632fe5690c88d4799985c977c44cc420c8/ggotgam_coloringsheet_final.jpg" data-mid="234225442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55ee7a3b7e2cf58f99e8cebadf685b632fe5690c88d4799985c977c44cc420c8/ggotgam_coloringsheet_final.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="5100" width_o="3300" height_o="5100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee77754e5f683e79d9c8be47370d714dc078452e052f01a3c8bd8068b0ed3b73/Instruction-Sheet_COLOR.jpg" data-mid="234225446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee77754e5f683e79d9c8be47370d714dc078452e052f01a3c8bd8068b0ed3b73/Instruction-Sheet_COLOR.jpg" /> <img width="836" height="1300" width_o="836" height_o="1300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/528712af0f0f11ed9104fab735cd1cb91561eb13e6167bf06ba9151a403e40b8/45FF88F6-87AA-45C7-9B9A-6975C29EEF4A.jpg" data-mid="234225441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/836/i/528712af0f0f11ed9104fab735cd1cb91561eb13e6167bf06ba9151a403e40b8/45FF88F6-87AA-45C7-9B9A-6975C29EEF4A.jpg" /> <img width="1308" height="974" width_o="1308" height_o="974" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fef20adee6936e19b6bf227be9a643d56d522fa94b5ad87b5c07875e755d86e1/Screenshot-2025-03-24-at-2.26.07PM.png" data-mid="234225447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fef20adee6936e19b6bf227be9a643d56d522fa94b5ad87b5c07875e755d86e1/Screenshot-2025-03-24-at-2.26.07PM.png" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/113086679e481ebb283d7e20e1b5c86e0d14560c7efe252ef6b30a4cef67fc27/IMG_5674.JPG" data-mid="234225444" border="0" alt="MoCa Arlington ISS Public Workshop" data-caption="MoCa Arlington ISS Public Workshop" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/113086679e481ebb283d7e20e1b5c86e0d14560c7efe252ef6b30a4cef67fc27/IMG_5674.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8f3c4e9bae3414cda41b6a1cc5e549185b2f489fb74f1097a6a4af0d5274088/IMG_5631.JPG" data-mid="234460995" border="0" alt="MoCa Arlington ISS Public Workshop" data-caption="MoCa Arlington ISS Public Workshop" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8f3c4e9bae3414cda41b6a1cc5e549185b2f489fb74f1097a6a4af0d5274088/IMG_5631.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adb8ec446d529beac17bd74f02680aa78a887776714b6c117014520872acf941/IMG_5566.JPG" data-mid="234225443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adb8ec446d529beac17bd74f02680aa78a887776714b6c117014520872acf941/IMG_5566.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d214b2f947ee0631fec789d0e3c31c5ea760ca656c47cd026390ccd358c574c/IMG_9262.jpg" data-mid="234225445" border="0" alt="MoCa Arlington x Amazon HQ2 Employee Workshop" data-caption="MoCa Arlington x Amazon HQ2 Employee Workshop" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d214b2f947ee0631fec789d0e3c31c5ea760ca656c47cd026390ccd358c574c/IMG_9262.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afc6fa69495fee0950e973226cb065603236d7aa54b48234eb58cbec168b3ded/Copy-of-IMG_8370.JPG" data-mid="235878092" border="0" alt="AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at KID Museum (Bethesda, MD)" data-caption="AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at KID Museum (Bethesda, MD)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afc6fa69495fee0950e973226cb065603236d7aa54b48234eb58cbec168b3ded/Copy-of-IMG_8370.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e78aef261a5381cf27d98355c514521b0526ca13541a16313dc3213164849d23/Copy-of-IMG_8346.JPG" data-mid="235878089" border="0" alt="AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at KID Museum (Bethesda, MD)" data-caption="AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at KID Museum (Bethesda, MD)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e78aef261a5381cf27d98355c514521b0526ca13541a16313dc3213164849d23/Copy-of-IMG_8346.JPG" /> The Durational Performance of Cut FruitMuseum of Contemporary Art Arlington x Amazon HQ2Innovation Studio Residency National Landing, VA During my residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington x Amazon HQ2 Innovation Studio, I explored&nbsp; what natural preservation of unnatural objects look like for archiving memories of matrescence and embodied care. Reimagining the art of air drying persimmons (gotgam in Korea) through clay, inherited gestures, and NFC tags, I dried over 50lbs of cut persimmons alongside clay sculpted persimmons. Visitors were invited to participate by creating their own clay persimmons and embedding them with a memory they carry for someone they love—recorded as a voicemail.When a smartphone is placed near a clay persimmon, it activates a link allowing visitors to hear the story held within. Illustrations by Echo Yun Chen Workshop photographs courtsey of MoCa Arlington (National Landing, VA) and KID Museum (Bethesda, MD) https://themeowingbird.com/Cut-Fruit Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:02:01 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Cut-Fruit We Should Talk: CUT FRUIT/과일깍자! 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CUT FRUIT/과일까가! came to the National Museum of Asian Art in 100-degree weather with over 300lbs of Korean melons and Asian pears for their Smithsonian Solstice Saturday celebration. I was joined by artists Xena Ni and Thu Anh Nguyen as I cut fruit for hundreds of visitors and everyone came with the most incredible memories of love and care and visible hope. For many Asian/Asian American family, fruit is shared as an act of love in abundance, often present at a child’s first birthday celebration in Korea, called a doljanchi; given in oversized boxes as housewarming gifts; and placed at altars for even our ancestors to enjoy.&nbsp; Instead of price per pound signs, CUT FRUIT/과일깍자! &nbsp;invites us to carry the questions asked between the peels and slices: what is the first taste you can remember? what is something you always wished someone had asked and knew about you? what fruit carries your favorite memories? who is allowed to gather? who is allowed rest? You can learn more about this project at curiosityconnects.us/weshouldtalk This project is the third installment of the We Should Talk series, created by Philippa Pham Hughes, Adele Yiseol Kenworthy, and Xena Ni. We Should Talk received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and the American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. Design by Ashley Wu Illustrations by Kristin Tata Poster by Echo Yun Chen Photos of the performance taken on film by Lynn Le https://themeowingbird.com/Museum-Square-Blooms Mon, 27 May 2024 02:33:59 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Museum-Square-Blooms Museum Square Blooms May 19, 2024 <img width="4228" height="2765" width_o="4228" height_o="2765" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58ebf38744f7143aa6d9db47352ae2e0af31a2f54c906684339478a175b441a9/Copy-of-DSC_7882.jpg" data-mid="220369090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58ebf38744f7143aa6d9db47352ae2e0af31a2f54c906684339478a175b441a9/Copy-of-DSC_7882.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/710613e6739f0a29ca4787e6e51a415fb4a4efa9f02b9c5f349f4ba161ccff9a/IMG_1286.jpeg" data-mid="211703980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/710613e6739f0a29ca4787e6e51a415fb4a4efa9f02b9c5f349f4ba161ccff9a/IMG_1286.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61e3fc983e419a47fed79ce860cbbb1bb343d8c02aca5616712d202f09ddc69a/IMG_1285.jpeg" data-mid="211703981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61e3fc983e419a47fed79ce860cbbb1bb343d8c02aca5616712d202f09ddc69a/IMG_1285.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e97a1c60f528d42db9ac56d137e6715321fa6bf279c2dcc5b00565a5eaa655f/Copy-of-D69B4714-9EF3-4BF8-BE07-FEFCE99FCFF2.jpeg" data-mid="220369093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e97a1c60f528d42db9ac56d137e6715321fa6bf279c2dcc5b00565a5eaa655f/Copy-of-D69B4714-9EF3-4BF8-BE07-FEFCE99FCFF2.jpeg" /> <img width="2832" height="4256" width_o="2832" height_o="4256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df01e83d6a16c7ee9fb129f23d2fc9c59868b296f526af4c484e7267185dcf4f/Copy-of-DSC_7898.jpg" data-mid="220369094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df01e83d6a16c7ee9fb129f23d2fc9c59868b296f526af4c484e7267185dcf4f/Copy-of-DSC_7898.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1331" width_o="2000" height_o="1331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dbb825c3fe9641fe4cd5b0bbb785a006c3ba8cfa45f1593bfaf2dfcd69c2c90/Copy-of-240519-336.jpg" data-mid="220369095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dbb825c3fe9641fe4cd5b0bbb785a006c3ba8cfa45f1593bfaf2dfcd69c2c90/Copy-of-240519-336.jpg" /> <img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6747a3f12bbe0e0880345cd0aa7a381df9c3b834a47b7b1f42c63e4165d04ae/Copy-of-DSC_7893.jpg" data-mid="220369091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6747a3f12bbe0e0880345cd0aa7a381df9c3b834a47b7b1f42c63e4165d04ae/Copy-of-DSC_7893.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3055d6202712a15f5dadecd59a80f20bbc51645d692c4abc0cfc7930454a85a2/IMG_1300.jpeg" data-mid="211703982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3055d6202712a15f5dadecd59a80f20bbc51645d692c4abc0cfc7930454a85a2/IMG_1300.jpeg" /> <img width="1036" height="1294" width_o="1036" height_o="1294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff6af93dd3c38b9626a6f9b893cdbc4c9661a544783f4acf828bc0a52a3ec2bd/Screenshot-2024-05-26-at-10.50.30PM.png" data-mid="211704119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff6af93dd3c38b9626a6f9b893cdbc4c9661a544783f4acf828bc0a52a3ec2bd/Screenshot-2024-05-26-at-10.50.30PM.png" /> Museum Square Blooms Chinatown Park&nbsp;I St NW, Washington, DC&nbsp; There are less than 300 Chinese residents remaining in DC’s Chinatown, many of them our elders and many of them facing active displacement. When Chinatown Arts Studio invited me to join their efforts to #savemuseumsquare without hesitation I said yes. So much of my work in the last few years think a lot about what happens during occupation and war and what gestures and rituals we hold as places of comfort. And so the idea of home for me is more about how do I carry the memories of geographic longing that belong to my parents, how do I carry the ones that belong to me, and how do I carry both at the same time. As the fight to preserve the history of Chinatown DC continues by protecting the remaining living residents now, instead of this practice of asking Where are you from? Where are you really from? What is your name? What is your real name? We can ask: Where do you claim? What claims you? How do you carry memories of home? How do you long to be remembered? Whose stories do you carry? Thank you to the organizers for doing the real work, for the opportunity to witness and support, and for believing art and flowers can nourish movements like this.&nbsp; Immense gratitude for the floral support from Flowers By MJ.&nbsp; This event was funded in part by the Awesome Foundation. Visit www.SaveChinatownDC.org to learn more.&nbsp; Photos provided by Save Chinatown DC https://themeowingbird.com/what-is-something-you-always-wished-I-asked-and-knew-about-you Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:56:22 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/what-is-something-you-always-wished-I-asked-and-knew-about-you what is something you always wished I had asked and knew about you? 2022 <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7664307116032795689a4b8d49fbdcf0f56a9755544658ab6036e42562272194/AK_lacunablossomsdennyhenry_3.jpg" data-mid="204010701" border="0" alt="photo by denny henry/corcoran school of art and design" data-caption="photo by denny henry/corcoran school of art and design" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7664307116032795689a4b8d49fbdcf0f56a9755544658ab6036e42562272194/AK_lacunablossomsdennyhenry_3.jpg" /> <img width="1565" height="1037" width_o="1565" height_o="1037" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/883001e84ddb9f194c02db8d419acec79a5f2994bbd45fb5d03287cfa0dd6716/000014910035.jpg" data-mid="204010800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/883001e84ddb9f194c02db8d419acec79a5f2994bbd45fb5d03287cfa0dd6716/000014910035.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68d4d215d9162b1f718661fec665b9bdb155f565c454c38e60a0205e7dd088b2/Harrison_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="204010276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68d4d215d9162b1f718661fec665b9bdb155f565c454c38e60a0205e7dd088b2/Harrison_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="2880" height="2160" width_o="2880" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efcedfd03067fc93fa156c8541fd8fa2ec6b197cc5fa70b970f04e377e37ced8/Cousins_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="204010275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efcedfd03067fc93fa156c8541fd8fa2ec6b197cc5fa70b970f04e377e37ced8/Cousins_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef98816f36bb2c9e79db059c579708c8f6105a55613ee643bf799c9c5d8add30/Chuseok_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="204010273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef98816f36bb2c9e79db059c579708c8f6105a55613ee643bf799c9c5d8add30/Chuseok_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9802349bd88b9a3e1d660855617f32664c55909e7e698830647d31eaff20d3ff/AK_whatissomethingyoualwayswishedIaskedandknewaboutyou_8.jpeg" data-mid="204010380" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9802349bd88b9a3e1d660855617f32664c55909e7e698830647d31eaff20d3ff/AK_whatissomethingyoualwayswishedIaskedandknewaboutyou_8.jpeg" /> <img width="3300" height="2550" width_o="3300" height_o="2550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85db6f60d34b5cb59ccf9d5a4b3bcc32ccad37437e3cdbf375141047898ebf79/AK_Promo.jpg" data-mid="204100002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85db6f60d34b5cb59ccf9d5a4b3bcc32ccad37437e3cdbf375141047898ebf79/AK_Promo.jpg" /> what is something you always wished I had asked and knew about you? NEXT 2022 Corcoran Gallery of Art Corcoran School of Art &amp; Design&nbsp;Washington, D.C. In the height of lockdown and grief during the pandemic, I stumbled across an obscure floral arrangement book written by a Korean florist in the 90s.&nbsp; In this book she states that the origin of this practice of floral arranging — which is widely attributed to Japan as ikebana — is appropriated from the Korean practice of kong yong hwa, placing flowers at the feet of Buddha. This led me to have a conversation with a researcher and scholar who justifiably asked if is this verifiable. and as I dove deeper into this question, another one emerged for me, what memories is this florist carrying that called her to say that in the first place? Do I need to reconcile the memories I’ve inherited with the memories of the colonizer? what is something you always wished i had asked and knew about you? is a question I’ve continued to ask my umma as we’ve both grown older, each decade emerging a new answer. The family photos in this series was a gift from my appa after 18 years of estrangement. His silent act of hanging onto a memory of us. The photos were all taken by my umma and exist as evidence my body was present even in the absence of my own memories. These cocoji floral sculptures and the last few remaining photos from my family archive are the artifacts in our intergenerational, transnational struggle to remember. https://themeowingbird.com/Let-Ivy-City-Bloom Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:29:49 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Let-Ivy-City-Bloom Let Ivy City Bloom May 16, 2021 <img width="8164" height="5443" width_o="8164" height_o="5443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35f4334ec05a475592e01c8778db1251cc3962c1ed95e887ba3cf56169d34e66/-letivycitybloom-3186.jpg" data-mid="204094879" border="0" alt="photos by eric lee" data-caption="photos by eric lee" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35f4334ec05a475592e01c8778db1251cc3962c1ed95e887ba3cf56169d34e66/-letivycitybloom-3186.jpg" /> <img width="8209" height="5473" width_o="8209" height_o="5473" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3fbb4dca060629c0374b6850c91dd469304e8c134b487dbb7139432b0786fe8/-letivycitybloom-0039.jpeg" data-mid="220369137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3fbb4dca060629c0374b6850c91dd469304e8c134b487dbb7139432b0786fe8/-letivycitybloom-0039.jpeg" /> <img width="5301" height="3529" width_o="5301" height_o="3529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d352cfa2cd8c82463f20cd7986a7c77221fc881ce6e2a3faf4915dfb9e03a30b/-letivycitybloom-0087.jpg" data-mid="204094976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d352cfa2cd8c82463f20cd7986a7c77221fc881ce6e2a3faf4915dfb9e03a30b/-letivycitybloom-0087.jpg" /> <img width="7730" height="5153" width_o="7730" height_o="5153" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ef05fae0c6882fee6d904bef60a6b420787623d2cd372bbe6c74603b384d9bb/-letivycitybloom-3213.jpg" data-mid="204094881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ef05fae0c6882fee6d904bef60a6b420787623d2cd372bbe6c74603b384d9bb/-letivycitybloom-3213.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b447e062ece3f1a16088b2edabf570f0a8b2045841b65564129f6981459b4046/-letivycitybloom-0178.jpeg" data-mid="220369153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b447e062ece3f1a16088b2edabf570f0a8b2045841b65564129f6981459b4046/-letivycitybloom-0178.jpeg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d07736ccaa69281b61ed74dfc3e4fd501b3cb0a66e8ff3c06659ba4906f8cb99/-letivycitybloom-0213.jpg" data-mid="204095027" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d07736ccaa69281b61ed74dfc3e4fd501b3cb0a66e8ff3c06659ba4906f8cb99/-letivycitybloom-0213.jpg" /> <img width="8077" height="5385" width_o="8077" height_o="5385" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07ad47029afa2acdc53c8e7403e7476469e5d27927a07796045b18060c4c068a/-letivycitybloom-0009.jpg" data-mid="204094865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07ad47029afa2acdc53c8e7403e7476469e5d27927a07796045b18060c4c068a/-letivycitybloom-0009.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1db03a1ec9f11624551e89500dfc1b547c866d237868799527956f9803c07997/-letivycitybloom-0253.jpeg" data-mid="220369154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1db03a1ec9f11624551e89500dfc1b547c866d237868799527956f9803c07997/-letivycitybloom-0253.jpeg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aeb8413713ec8c380320060ffa7a0a07be04664166883c67ba94fc726eeccdcf/-letivycitybloom-3205.jpg" data-mid="204094991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aeb8413713ec8c380320060ffa7a0a07be04664166883c67ba94fc726eeccdcf/-letivycitybloom-3205.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a248c5f9d2c01400207ec2a5ab634ba03459b6249778eb3cbf3f1df580958271/-letivycitybloom-3197.jpg" data-mid="204094990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a248c5f9d2c01400207ec2a5ab634ba03459b6249778eb3cbf3f1df580958271/-letivycitybloom-3197.jpg" /> <img width="8064" height="5376" width_o="8064" height_o="5376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/619e206d4bb4efed769ed8bab2a9d2404aadf7f8ddc3df0d32aad6b2f45fbdc9/-letivycitybloom-0028.jpg" data-mid="204094975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/619e206d4bb4efed769ed8bab2a9d2404aadf7f8ddc3df0d32aad6b2f45fbdc9/-letivycitybloom-0028.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e7fcf2a96847a64fdb7a8a127ff84ea106dbc63e02476c1087f672f3fb0df23/-letivycitybloom-0379.jpeg" data-mid="220369155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e7fcf2a96847a64fdb7a8a127ff84ea106dbc63e02476c1087f672f3fb0df23/-letivycitybloom-0379.jpeg" /> Let Ivy City Bloom Ivy City&nbsp; Kendall St NE between Okie and Galludet Streets&nbsp;Washington, D.C.&nbsp; I partnered with the ANC Commissioner Sebrena Rhodes, community organizing nonprofit Empower DC, and floral design studio&nbsp;Sweet Root Village to create a pop-up park in Ivy City as a peaceful protest to reclaim the Crummell School grounds and prototype for a flourishing public green space. The pop-up park included over 3,000 flower stems and over 1,300 sq ft of sod within a neighborhood block party. A few weeks after our community gathering, in a culmination of more than 40 years of effort -- Mayor Bowser announced she would include $20 million in her budget to restore the Crummell School into a community center. Photos by Eric Lee https://themeowingbird.com/Bongseonhwa-Flowerhands Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:34:15 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/Bongseonhwa-Flowerhands Bongseonhwa: Flowerhands 2021-ongoing <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/446b8a3d43c3368ef77641bc250680513b9e83d3bbff989ec28ef3d8ca5a71a1/Cover-page-v2.jpg" data-mid="210616485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/446b8a3d43c3368ef77641bc250680513b9e83d3bbff989ec28ef3d8ca5a71a1/Cover-page-v2.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3368" width_o="6000" height_o="3368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfdd38df2ee5c5930d2618f8bc87909e49028661e8464b4e074a6a8123f692c6/IMG_0956.jpg" data-mid="204098923" border="0" alt="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" data-caption="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfdd38df2ee5c5930d2618f8bc87909e49028661e8464b4e074a6a8123f692c6/IMG_0956.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3368" width_o="6000" height_o="3368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175f4268c49fed54644d7bb55834bf224a80c80a63f211e7f1f8719c3526be13/IMG_0933.jpg" data-mid="204099456" border="0" alt="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" data-caption="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175f4268c49fed54644d7bb55834bf224a80c80a63f211e7f1f8719c3526be13/IMG_0933.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3368" width_o="6000" height_o="3368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2cfe431e63ff5598ea1e7b071b07bdb63bd10bbdc64580cb5d513549d590a9a/IMG_0925.jpg" data-mid="204099502" border="0" alt="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" data-caption="Workshop at The Nicholson Project" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2cfe431e63ff5598ea1e7b071b07bdb63bd10bbdc64580cb5d513549d590a9a/IMG_0925.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31c3cc7561fb00fef720cfa8842bca82b08bbf3e076c3975698ebcf6f854eedf/IMG_0848.jpeg" data-mid="204099529" border="0" alt="Workshop at George Washington University for the Asian American Lit undergrad course students" data-caption="Workshop at George Washington University for the Asian American Lit undergrad course students" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31c3cc7561fb00fef720cfa8842bca82b08bbf3e076c3975698ebcf6f854eedf/IMG_0848.jpeg" /> <img width="3130" height="2059" width_o="3130" height_o="2059" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b5d8ded97336b305efe9297e36292744a5f3b615551d39ead1a12f0fece25c2/IMG_6118.jpeg" data-mid="204099546" border="0" alt="Workshop at Corcoran School of Art &amp; Design for the Social Practice Art MFA candidates" data-caption="Workshop at Corcoran School of Art &amp; Design for the Social Practice Art MFA candidates" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b5d8ded97336b305efe9297e36292744a5f3b615551d39ead1a12f0fece25c2/IMG_6118.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30b698a53d2ab7d5c8ef7ba2c6158713d3c1ac9532433b8ce3735a29691fb966/IMG_1593.jpeg" data-mid="220369249" border="0" alt="Workshop at Asia North 2024 in Baltimore, MD" data-caption="Workshop at Asia North 2024 in Baltimore, MD" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30b698a53d2ab7d5c8ef7ba2c6158713d3c1ac9532433b8ce3735a29691fb966/IMG_1593.jpeg" /> <img width="4284" height="5712" width_o="4284" height_o="5712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98c9113163e62361512451daf06e7b9a201c05444a7c0bfdca72e5d6c1e2dc99/IMG_2494.jpeg" data-mid="220369251" border="0" alt="Workshop at KID Museum " data-caption="Workshop at KID Museum " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98c9113163e62361512451daf06e7b9a201c05444a7c0bfdca72e5d6c1e2dc99/IMG_2494.jpeg" /> Flowerhands is a natural nail dye workshop based in the traditional practices of Korean women dyeing their nails using the petals and leaves of the rose balsam (impatiens balsamina) flower.&nbsp; This multi/intergenerational workshop is meant to cultivate a space that invites others to share their practices of self and community care with one another,&nbsp;rooted in my own memories of care embodied, delving into gestures of adornment as the place of collective liberation. The origin of the bongseonhwa flowers and seeds are from the garden my mother and I tended during the height of&nbsp;the pandemic quarantine and grief. Participants were given a how-to riso print zine and seeds. The core of Flowerhands is for it to always be free for anyone willing to participate. Connect with me + I will mail seeds to you. https://themeowingbird.com/to-carry-within-us-an-orchard Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:56:23 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/to-carry-within-us-an-orchard to carry within us an orchard August 10 – August 20, 2022 <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cb8408e0d0826f53e54422127c9b95b352e9e6896c93706c0f5da95b28d4efe/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-55.JPG" data-mid="204014317" border="0" alt="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" data-caption="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cb8408e0d0826f53e54422127c9b95b352e9e6896c93706c0f5da95b28d4efe/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-55.JPG" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef486869561d66c935dd445d9c8752e55d6beee22db09df5be3f861fd79bbe40/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-10.JPG" data-mid="204015273" border="0" alt="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" data-caption="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef486869561d66c935dd445d9c8752e55d6beee22db09df5be3f861fd79bbe40/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-10.JPG" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ab5ce8308a3948034df50560734ca5ed0d284bcc2fd38a20d5071828ffd672d/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-80.JPG" data-mid="204014318" border="0" alt="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" data-caption="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ab5ce8308a3948034df50560734ca5ed0d284bcc2fd38a20d5071828ffd672d/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-80.JPG" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e865a1537425888689ad41908470aa70c99ff9818badc4ad31e16146b5b918cb/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-44.JPG" data-mid="204093042" border="0" alt="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" data-caption="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e865a1537425888689ad41908470aa70c99ff9818badc4ad31e16146b5b918cb/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-44.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/005cfc1d019cee74d8cd3aad07bf05947d9176177383d2b55e4d3f05da3d0de6/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-112.JPG" data-mid="204097560" border="0" alt="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" data-caption="cut fruit circle+organizing 101 workshop: photo by mariah miranda/transformer gallery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/005cfc1d019cee74d8cd3aad07bf05947d9176177383d2b55e4d3f05da3d0de6/20220813_MM_Transformer_Adele-112.JPG" /> <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0ce25aed12c6a9411fdef1b8fb4ef71ba6fb2027bd24ce8858a8ac7e8fd856a/AK_to-carry-within-us-an-orchard-poster.JPG" data-mid="204015204" border="0" alt="design by ariana arenius" data-caption="design by ariana arenius" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0ce25aed12c6a9411fdef1b8fb4ef71ba6fb2027bd24ce8858a8ac7e8fd856a/AK_to-carry-within-us-an-orchard-poster.JPG" /> <img width="2697" height="3626" width_o="2697" height_o="3626" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/557df4b5a47da6166a6b7dbc44c58b30687d84790f68d6691c9ca5bccfc487da/KenworthyA_persimmontreeatgrandmas.jpg" data-mid="204308100" border="0" alt="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist&rsquo;s family archive, and found historical images" data-caption="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist’s family archive, and found historical images" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/557df4b5a47da6166a6b7dbc44c58b30687d84790f68d6691c9ca5bccfc487da/KenworthyA_persimmontreeatgrandmas.jpg" /> <img width="2761" height="3740" width_o="2761" height_o="3740" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42d3b399e87d5689d1b91be7b57b8551027ecab10d23e177df2c4153dd369b3d/7D6CC4CB-3596-48EF-8D3D-1A49CFCE030B.jpg" data-mid="204308097" border="0" alt="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist&rsquo;s family archive, and found historical images" data-caption="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist’s family archive, and found historical images" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42d3b399e87d5689d1b91be7b57b8551027ecab10d23e177df2c4153dd369b3d/7D6CC4CB-3596-48EF-8D3D-1A49CFCE030B.jpg" /> <img width="2713" height="3680" width_o="2713" height_o="3680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef1c22acb0d09353ee467fb340cf41be034b6b3a86f78e884270347864bbdc05/IMG_8088.jpeg" data-mid="204308099" border="0" alt="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist&rsquo;s family archive, and found historical images" data-caption="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist’s family archive, and found historical images" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef1c22acb0d09353ee467fb340cf41be034b6b3a86f78e884270347864bbdc05/IMG_8088.jpeg" /> <img width="2667" height="3579" width_o="2667" height_o="3579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e423e5a24644ed26cac87611a7af15d4f1123c2ada12b2eaf1493d8f1bfe312d/7863A478-9261-426C-A4B0-2D354BA2274F.jpg" data-mid="204308098" border="0" alt="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist&rsquo;s family archive, and found historical images" data-caption="The collage series consists of photo submissions from the public, the artist’s family archive, and found historical images" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e423e5a24644ed26cac87611a7af15d4f1123c2ada12b2eaf1493d8f1bfe312d/7863A478-9261-426C-A4B0-2D354BA2274F.jpg" /> to carry within us an orchard E19: Artistic Interventions Transformer Gallery Washington, D.C.to carry within us an orchard was developed during my time as part of Transformer’s 19th year of their Exercises for Emerging Artists program.&nbsp; what is the first taste you can remember? to carry within us an orchard, a line from Li Young Lee’s From Blossoms, is a poem that celebrates community at every point of connection. As a first generation American with immigrant parents – in all the language and cultural divides that separated us – this exhibition explores the embodied gestures and rituals of care that fill the silences between us. I brought cut fruit to Transformer as an intervention in this country’s landscape of care as a commodity.&nbsp; The exhibition included the artist daily returning to the gallery to cut fruit for vistors; a cut fruit circle+community organizing workshop for AAPI femme artists based in the DC metro area; and a collage series that included photo submissions from the public, the artist’s family archive, and found historical images. I invited my mother to collaborate by cutting fruit for the workshop and commissioning a flag, as a gesture to reclaim the memory of her sewing garden flags to support us as children – a skill passed down from her mother. You can learn more about the exhibition at transformerdc.org/e19 Photos by Mariah Miranda https://themeowingbird.com/I-am-an-American Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:09:28 +0000 Adele Yiseol Kenworthy https://themeowingbird.com/I-am-an-American I am an American 2021 <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d48adc590c18f4256acffec61bcf0f0b320777b934fb65ad5d4917c29b57769c/DSCN1551.jpeg" data-mid="204096534" border="0" alt="photo by vanessa chen" data-caption="photo by vanessa chen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d48adc590c18f4256acffec61bcf0f0b320777b934fb65ad5d4917c29b57769c/DSCN1551.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/013bcbda90f6d69fc4f58d09c7c13de7b981976ec0e2e9b8c8d31611e4f54473/DSCN1569.jpeg" data-mid="204096551" border="0" alt="photo by vanessa chen" data-caption="photo by vanessa chen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/013bcbda90f6d69fc4f58d09c7c13de7b981976ec0e2e9b8c8d31611e4f54473/DSCN1569.jpeg" /> <img width="3919" height="3000" width_o="3919" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f84b3c4a1d1dc8ae452495efe519b69b3d7bff6becd05d997fad9254389a237e/DSCN1575.jpeg" data-mid="204096553" border="0" alt="photo by vanessa chen" data-caption="photo by vanessa chen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f84b3c4a1d1dc8ae452495efe519b69b3d7bff6becd05d997fad9254389a237e/DSCN1575.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c5da790a317af57f200604c2d21c619e05329958f4ab43cbd7164984feff25a/DSCN1574.jpeg" data-mid="204096552" border="0" alt="photo by vanessa chen" data-caption="photo by vanessa chen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c5da790a317af57f200604c2d21c619e05329958f4ab43cbd7164984feff25a/DSCN1574.jpeg" /> <img width="2367" height="3573" width_o="2367" height_o="3573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18a70016c07e286923eec4d9cda37dd55f6b497cd958ee2258ece7ba84cd4f1d/IMG_1851.jpeg" data-mid="204096554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18a70016c07e286923eec4d9cda37dd55f6b497cd958ee2258ece7ba84cd4f1d/IMG_1851.jpeg" /> <img width="2397" height="3561" width_o="2397" height_o="3561" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c0c6db8b8cf627859f5aaad5a04c01ebb740c8c9ce7edf7c3e9c42804311ab3/IMG_1852.jpeg" data-mid="204096555" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c0c6db8b8cf627859f5aaad5a04c01ebb740c8c9ce7edf7c3e9c42804311ab3/IMG_1852.jpeg" /> <img width="2460" height="3760" width_o="2460" height_o="3760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/094b67c08b3672a579fc0e133b18b371d4613384f9c849f6798b72b6cf96d7c8/IMG_1854.jpeg" data-mid="204096558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/094b67c08b3672a579fc0e133b18b371d4613384f9c849f6798b72b6cf96d7c8/IMG_1854.jpeg" /> <img width="2390" height="3634" width_o="2390" height_o="3634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1be18f02581f463abf9bd5df302d4a776da6d796788efb49434c2b9ccf045bab/IMG_1853.jpeg" data-mid="204096557" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1be18f02581f463abf9bd5df302d4a776da6d796788efb49434c2b9ccf045bab/IMG_1853.jpeg" /> <img width="4832" height="4760" width_o="4832" height_o="4760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6265c0434fc015369b37bbf9732e340286f6749554cf8871c30dcf1478e920db/000015500001.jpg" data-mid="204096600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6265c0434fc015369b37bbf9732e340286f6749554cf8871c30dcf1478e920db/000015500001.jpg" /> Inspired by the photograph by Dorothea Lange taken in 1942, where “I AM AN AMERICAN” was displayed on a storefront in Oakland, CA the day after the Pearl Harbor attacks and the internment order, I recreated historic accounts of xenophobic print in America and then screenprinted “I AM AN AMERICAN” across them in the form of the Korean dojang. The seal acts as a signature and seen as a reflection of someone’s life and personality. Next to it was a QR code leading to the resource page of stopaapihate.org. I then wheatpasted them across the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C.