Wednesday, December 02 7PM to 9PM
NYU Cantor Film Center, Theater 102
36 East 8th Street, New York,NY 10003
This program features four video works by Richard Fung—spanning from 1986-2000—that place desire within the spaces of time, geography, and the body. Traced through the artist’s explorations of queer sex, racial and sexual representation, illness, and kinship, these videos center queer Asian diasporic experience against an ever-shifting backdrop of colonialism and political change. Revisiting these bold and imaginative works allow us to reflect on the power of memory and the queer imagination amidst current narratives surrounding representation, cultural assimilation, and sexual politics. The screening will be followed by a moderated panel discussion featuring scholars and community activists based in NYC. http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/
Streams of Desire is co-presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and will be the first of two video programs organized in anticipation of Richard Fung’s Kessler Award lecture on December 16, presented by CLAGS. For information on related events and the Kessler lecture and award ceremony, which is free and open to the public, see www.clags.org