Gein Wong - "Thousand Mile Voice" CD launch
GEIN WONG
Sat Sep 23, 2006
7:30pm - 11:00pm
Presented by Agitate! Queer Women of Colour
CD Release Party/Performance by Gein Wong of her debut album " Thousand Mile Voice"
Gein Wong is a spoken word artist and electronic musician who throws emotion and power through the mic. Her works focus on obvious things like gender class and race....as well as things a little less obvious, like gender, class and race. Gein's work strives to capture the stories that have not been fully told, voices that have not been heard and histories/herstories that were never recorded. These stories focus on the lives and experiences of Asians, as well as people of colour and the working class, living in North America. "If we don't tell our stories, they'll become invisible…..and when something's invisible…… we soon forget"
$6 (tickets available at the door)
Gein's debut CD "Thousand Mile Voice" is a mixture of spoken word poetry, traditional east asian acoustic instruments and electronic music. Her words and music have been heard in her home town of Toronto as well as across Canada and internationally in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. She has received numerous professional arts grants including a 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Spoken Word Poetry Fellowship, as well as a 2005 Ontario Arts Council Word of Mouth Spoken Word Fellowship. Her poetry has been broadcast across Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Campus and Community Radio Association, and on radio stations in South Korea. Her words have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Strike the Wok: Chinese Canadian Prose, Fireweed, Rice Paper, and Bamboo Girl. Also, she is a featured artist on the Dig Your Roots Canadian spoken word CD.
Agitate is a queer, Ottawa-based organization for Aboriginal, mixed-race and women of colour. Agitate's aim is to provide queer visibility within racialized and ethnic communities; outreach; social programming; education; transnational perspectives; and anti-racist activism. Agitate will also forge links with other organizations who share a similar vision of social justice. Agitate was borne out of recognition of the intersecting nature of the oppressions and experiences we face as women, as queer persons and as First Nations and persons of colour.
Co-Sponsored by SAW Video
Sat Sep 23, 2006
7:30pm - 11:00pm
Presented by Agitate! Queer Women of Colour
CD Release Party/Performance by Gein Wong of her debut album " Thousand Mile Voice"
Gein Wong is a spoken word artist and electronic musician who throws emotion and power through the mic. Her works focus on obvious things like gender class and race....as well as things a little less obvious, like gender, class and race. Gein's work strives to capture the stories that have not been fully told, voices that have not been heard and histories/herstories that were never recorded. These stories focus on the lives and experiences of Asians, as well as people of colour and the working class, living in North America. "If we don't tell our stories, they'll become invisible…..and when something's invisible…… we soon forget"
$6 (tickets available at the door)
Gein's debut CD "Thousand Mile Voice" is a mixture of spoken word poetry, traditional east asian acoustic instruments and electronic music. Her words and music have been heard in her home town of Toronto as well as across Canada and internationally in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. She has received numerous professional arts grants including a 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Spoken Word Poetry Fellowship, as well as a 2005 Ontario Arts Council Word of Mouth Spoken Word Fellowship. Her poetry has been broadcast across Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Campus and Community Radio Association, and on radio stations in South Korea. Her words have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Strike the Wok: Chinese Canadian Prose, Fireweed, Rice Paper, and Bamboo Girl. Also, she is a featured artist on the Dig Your Roots Canadian spoken word CD.
Agitate is a queer, Ottawa-based organization for Aboriginal, mixed-race and women of colour. Agitate's aim is to provide queer visibility within racialized and ethnic communities; outreach; social programming; education; transnational perspectives; and anti-racist activism. Agitate will also forge links with other organizations who share a similar vision of social justice. Agitate was borne out of recognition of the intersecting nature of the oppressions and experiences we face as women, as queer persons and as First Nations and persons of colour.
Co-Sponsored by SAW Video
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