Dec 5th 2019

Inside/Out: Erasure and Politicization of the Colonized Female Body

@ 6018NORTH

6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660

Opening Thursday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM

Join us on Thursday, Dec 5th for an intimate evening of food, performance, and discussion as our featured guests, artist Lariel Joy, and Dr. Elizabeth Son, author of “Embodied Reckonings: “Comfort Women”, Performance, and Transpacific Redress” explore the psychic legacy of the Japanese Empire’s sexual enslavement of Korean women in the 20th century. Lariel Joy’s performance “In Her Name” examines the role of remembrance and erasure in exposing institutional and systemic violence, while Dr. Son’s work and research emphasizes the multidisciplinary approach survivors, activists, and artists have taken in their continued calls for justice over the decades. Discussion to follow!

Vegetarian options available.

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