IN THE WAKE OF THE KOMAGATA MARU
TRANSPACIFIC MIGRATION, RACE AND CONTEMPORARY ART
VOICES FROM THE EXHIBITION RUPTURES IN ARRIVAL AND THE SYMPOSIUM DISFIGURING IDENTITY
Surrey Art Gallery in collaboration with On Main Gallery AND Kwantlen Polytechnic University Fine Arts
IN THE WAKE OF THE KOMAGATA MARU
TRANSPACIFIC MIGRATION, RACE AND CONTEMPORARY ART
The following is the documentation of the exhibition Ruptures in Arrival, presented by the Surrey Art Gallery, April 12 to June 15, 2014 and the proceedings from the symposium Disfiguring Identity, hosted by Surrey Art Gallery and organized in collaboration with On Main Gallery, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Fine Arts Department, May 10 and 11, 2014.
Ruptures in Arrival: Art in the Wake of the Komagata Maru artists: Roy Arden, Avantika Bawa, Ali Kazimi, Evan Lee, Ken Lum, Mass Arrival [Farrah-Marie Miranda, Graciela Flores, Tings Chak, Vino Shanmuganathan, Nadia Saad], Raghavendra Rao, Haris Sheikh, Jarnail Singh, Paul Wong; exhibition curated by Jordan Strom, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
Disfiguring Identity: Art, Migration and Exile presenters: Avantika Bawa, Sammy Chien, Dana Claxton, Liane Davison, Neelamjit Dhillon, Ali Kazimi, Heather Keung, Evan Lee, Karin Lee, Farrah-Marie Miranda, Cindy Mochizuki, Summer Pervez, Tyler Russell, Jordan Strom, Steven Tong, Indu Vashist, Paul Wong, Kira Wu; symposium convened by Naveen Girn, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
Texts: Avantika Bawa, Dana Claxton, Sammy Chien, Liane J. Davison, Neelamjit Dhillon, Naveen Girn, Ali Kazimi, Evan Lee, Heather Keung, Farrah-Marie Miranda, Cindy Mochizuki, Summer Pervez, Tyler Russell, Jordan Strom, Indu Vashist, Paul Wong, Kira Wu.
Editors: Lisa Marshall with Jordan Strom
Transcription: Tommy Chain and Angela Ko
Book Design: that blue
Exhibition Installation Photography: Scott Massey
Symposium Photography: Brian Giebelhaus
Symposium Video: Tommy Chain, Kenneth Yuen,
Andres Salaz, Derek LeBeau, Robert Kovacic, Steven Lee
Cover Image: courtesy of Lisa Marshall
Printer: East Van Graphics
© Surrey Art Gallery, On Main Gallery, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the artists and the authors
ISBN 978-1-926573-24-3
Publication Date – March 2015