COMMUNITY ART
The Juke Box
Peter Crawley & I in front of the Jukebox album cover.
Permanent Public Art Installation created by Elisa H. Hamilton and Loop Lab at The Cambridge Foundry, 101 Rogers St. Cambridge, MA
Artist Elisa Hamilton transformed a 1960 Seeburg jukebox from a machine that plays music into a public artwork that plays a growing archive of Cambridge community stories.
As a community member, I contributed a story, as a track, about our sweet neighborhood to the Jukebox.
The Jukebox is installed at the Cambridge Foundry - the most exciting new art institution to come to Cambridge since I did.
Teach Me Your Song
Home on Our Backs is a documentation of Tien’s own journey of finding belonging in Boston Chinatown, and that journey continues as she creates a final piece during the last weeks of the exhibition. The artist is inviting the public to meet individually, in-person or online, during which she asks that you teach her a song or a poem in your native language, whatever that language may be. The goal of this activity is to prompt participants to recollect memories of their own heritage, and she will create a space through her art to share that heritage with others.
Pao Arts Center Artist Residency
While in residency at Pao Arts Center, I drew upon visual and audio inspirations from the Chinatown community to capture the nuances and textures of a place and a people in transition. I also hosted workshops to engage in an exploration of a diverse and complex local diaspora and Asian American culture, past/present/future.