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Exhibition

  • Off-Site
  • Kyla Bourgh

    Objects given to my mom because she is Asian

    April 1, 2022 - February 28, 2023

    Location: Lansdowne Station

    Above: Kyla Bourgh, "Objects given to my mom because she is Asian", 2018. Courtesy of the Artist.

    Presented in partnership with City of Richmond Public Art and Canada Line Public Art Program – InTransit BC

    Kyla Bourgh’s installation at Lansdowne Station presents objects that have been given to the artist’s mother over the past fifty years. Each object is associated with an “Asian style” and was gifted to her because of her physical and cultural identity. Bourgh’s work highlights that, while the gifts were given to her mother in kindness, they unwittingly reminded her that she is and always will be perceived as a visible minority in her farming community in rural British Columbia.

    Through this work, the artist considers the unconscious biases placed on her mother and how they differ from the artist’s own lived experience as someone of mixed ethnicity who is white “passing.”

    The photographed objects exist in an unclear cultural locale that challenges the viewer to unpack their own prejudices and perspectives. From within the diverse mix of cultures present in Richmond and in Canada at large, Bourgh’s work raises questions about the dichotomy many people face between having a sense of belonging and of being stereotyped within a country where many of their families have resided for several generations.


    翻譯:盧恆

    承辦合作:列治文市公共藝術部門 與 捷運加拿大線公共藝術專案InTransit BC

    藝術家凱拉·博格在Lansdowne天車站的這件作品展示了過去50年來別人送她她母親的物品。這些物件的每一件都是由於她母親的亞裔身份而給予的。這些禮物在主題上具有「亞洲」風格。雖然這些是出於善意贈予的物件,但它們卻不知覺地向她表示,在她居住的卑詩省偏遠農業社區中,她將被一直視為「可見少數族裔」。

    透過這件作品,博格思考了她母親受到的無意識偏見,以及其與她自己作為一個白人混血兒的生活經歷有何不同。

    被拍攝的物體被放置在於一個不具有特別文化標識的環境,這旨在挑戰觀眾解開他們自身的偏見和觀點。在列治文和整個加拿大的多元文化交合中,博格的作品提出了許多長期移民在擁有歸屬感的同時還被刻板印象化的問題。

    Above: Kyla Bourgh, "Objects given to my mom because she is Asian", 2018. Courtesy of the Artist.

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