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> H-ASIA
> April 24, 2012
>
> Art Exhibition "Illusions of Harmony: Forgetting the Unnamable in Japanese
> and American History", April 24-May 1, 2012, and Lecture "Beyond
> Obsequious: Honor, Abjection, and Agency in Japanese American Visual
> Culture" by Scott Tsuchitani at the University of San Francisco, April 24,
> 2012
>
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> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> Art Exhibition and Lecture by Scott Tsuchitani at the University of San
> Francisco
>
> Location: California, United States
> Lecture Date: 2012-04-24
> Date Submitted: 2012-04-19
> Announcement ID: 194067
>
> Illusions of Harmony: Forgetting the Unnamable in Japanese and American
> History
> An Art Exhibition by Scott Tsuchitani
> Kalmanovitz Hall Atrium (University of San Francisco Main Campus) Tuesday,
> April 24 to Tuesday, May 1
> And
>
> Beyond Obsequious: Honor, Abjection, and Agency in Japanese American
> Visual Culture
> A Lecture by Exhibition Artist Scott Tsuchitani
> Tuesday, April 24
> 6:00pm Maier in Fromm Hall (University of San Francisco Main Campus)
>
> How can art intervene in culturalist discourse to create space for a more
> diversely inclusive and activated notion of citizenship? This artist talk
> will pick up on ideas posed by preceding Davis Forum speakersabout
> mechanisms for remembering and forgetting critical lessons of history
> (Lisa Yoneyama); and the dynamics of polite racism and notions of national
> belonging (Takashi Fujitani)to discuss the artwork in the Davies
> exhibition and the influences that inspired it. Tsuchitani will share his
> own inquiry into issues of race and identity as they have played out in
> the arena of Japanese American visual representation during the course of
> his lifetime, along with the aesthetic strategies that he has employed to
> leverage this awareness into effective forms of cultural resistance,
> agency, and interventional change.
>
> Scott Tsuchitani is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in San
> Francisco. His art has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and
> appeared in San Francisco at venues such as San Francisco Museum of Modern
> Art (SFMOMA), SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Meridian Gallery, Asian Art Museum
> and de Young Museum. His socially engaged interventions have been
> recognized by scholars from a range of disciplines around the United
> States, and have demonstrated impact on academic discourse on four
> continents. Prior to becoming a visual artist, Tsuchitani worked in
> documentary film on international productions and alongside Academy
> Award-winning filmmakers. His own documentary, Meeting at Tule Lake, aired
> on regional PBS television, national public access, and at film festivals
> in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. He also co-authored two
> patents during a previous career as an engineer in the medical device
> industry. Tsuchitani holds masters degrees from the University of
> California, Berkeley and San Diego, and a bachelors from Berkeley as well,
> all of them in engineering. He received his formal art education at City
> College of San Francisco.
>
> All Davies events are free and open to the public.
>
>
> Dr. Hwaji Shin
> University of San Francisco
> 2130 Fulton St.
> San Francisco, CA 94117
> (415)422-6147
>
> Email: hshin2@usfca.edu
> Visit the website at http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/daviesforum/events/
>
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