"Meet the Artist" with Morrison Gong

On Thursday, January 30, we welcome Morrison Gong to “Meet the Artist” night at CPW. Grounded in historical and philosophical references, Gong explores how the violence, mourning, transgressions, and migrations their ancestors had to endure converge to shape their identity as a Chinese immigrant woman. Often, Gong invites materials that carry spiritual and symbolic meanings, such as hand-carved jade cicada, oxidized iron, brass bells, braided hair, to perform rituals that evoke the immaterial plane. They use animism and polytheistic religions as frameworks to think about colonial exploitation and channels of healing, purifying and restoring the balance between us and the ecosystem we inhabit. Gong is passionate about a photograph’s ability to anchor our pain and losses within the realms of the physical and the metaphysical. This event will be live-streamed on CPW’s YouTube page at 6pm.

Join us every Thursday evening at CPW, when we host illuminating talks with local and visiting artists. “Meet the Artist” allows the public to get to know new work, to hear about artistic processes, and to meet friends and other local artists. The evening takes place at CPW’s gallery at 25 Dederick Street in Kingston, NY. It is free and open to the public. Coffee, tea, and snacks are served. “Meet the Artist” is made possible by a generous grant from the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation.

Morrison Gong is a Chinese photographer with a background in performance and experimental filmmaking. Their video works have been shown at Anthology Film Archives, Microscope Gallery, Vox Populi Gallery, the Filmmakers Cooperatives, CROSSROADS presented by San Francisco Cinematheque, Millennium Film Workshop, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, among others. Their photography has been featured on It’s Nice That, Whitehot Magazine and Lomography Magazine. Gong received their BFA from Parsons School of Design and their MA at the New School for Social Research. They are based in Brooklyn, NY.

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