“Making or Faking Chinatown?” Curators Talk w/ Kerri Culhane & Yin Kong
Nov 6 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about the urban planning exhibition Making or Faking Chinatown? and cultural representation in Chinatown’s built environment between architectural historian Kerri Culhane and urbanist Yin Kong, moderated by Daniel McPhee of Urban Design Forum.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: On view through November 6, 2024, Making or Faking Chinatown? Representing People, Place and Culture explores the unresolved debate around cultural representation in Chinatown’s built environment through extensive research, photographs from Chinatowns across North America, and artwork by artist John Lee. The exhibition is co-curated by T!C Director Yin Kong and architectural historian Kerri Culhane, and designed with fwd | A+U, Farzana Gandhi Design Studio, and Pentagram as part of Van Alen Institute’s program Design Sprints.