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Available
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Collection
Publication
Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Call number
EX.CAN.BOP.16a EX.CAN.BOP.16b
Library's review
This exhibition was held from March 4, 2016 to May 7, 2016.
'Birds of Paradise brings together diverse texts and essays from 12 local cultural producers from Vancouver, Canada. Curators, artists, creative writers, anthropolgists, poets and social workers were invited to generate and contribute a
This book has been published on occasion of the exhibition Bulaklak ng Paraiso (Flower of Paradise) by Patrick Cruz at the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A).
(Abstract from Centre A website http://centrea.org/2015/12/patrick-cruz/)
'Birds of Paradise brings together diverse texts and essays from 12 local cultural producers from Vancouver, Canada. Curators, artists, creative writers, anthropolgists, poets and social workers were invited to generate and contribute a
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text that loosely responds to our ever pervasive cult of globalization. The texts in the book attempt to grasp the complex, mobius and hybridized nature of globalization. The book serves as a space for inquiry and experimentation as well as a catalogue for the exhibition. Birds of Paradise includes contributions from Allison Collins, Nathan Crompton, Dada Brina Docot, Chaya Ocampo Go, Paul de Guzman, Makiko Hara, Jenn Jackson, Steffanie Ling, Heidi Nagtegaal, Jasmine Reimer, Charlie Satterlee and Jacobo Zambrano, and book design by Jake Lim.'This book has been published on occasion of the exhibition Bulaklak ng Paraiso (Flower of Paradise) by Patrick Cruz at the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A).
(Abstract from Centre A website http://centrea.org/2015/12/patrick-cruz/)
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