Present Tense 2023: Perilous Playground
August 25th, 2023 – August 10th, 2024

Opening Reception:
Thursday, August 24th, 2023, 5:30pm

Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Gallery Hours: Tue – Sat, 10AM – 4PM

[for more about Home in Moving Parts, the new piece I will have on view, click here]

Curated by C & G Artpartment, featuring artists: Weston Teruya (US), Lucky Rabbit Pictures (US), Ting Ying Han (US), Bijun Liang (US), Felix Quintana (US), South Ho (Hong Kong), ‘Wang Chau Tin Yuen’ art collective (Hong Kong), Anson Mak (Hong Kong), ‘Walking Grass Agriculture’ art collective (Taiwan), Kuang-Yu Tsui (Taiwan), and Post-Museum (Singapore).

Major changes are coming to San Francisco’s Chinatown as work gets underway to renovate Portsmouth Square, the always busy park at the heart of the neighborhood that serves as the de facto living room of the densely populated, low-income community. One of Chinatown’s very few public spaces, the Square will be closed to undergo extensive reconstruction over several years, including the removal of the pedestrian bridge (Dr. Rolland and Kathryn Lowe Community Bridge) that connects it to the Chinese Culture Center.

In consideration of this dramatic transformation of its immediate surroundings and the impact, both intended and unintended, on the community, Chinese Culture Center (CCC) invites eleven artists and art collectives to address urban histories and spaces in a new, multidisciplinary exhibition entitled Present Tense 2023: Perilous Playground. Guest curated by C & G Artpartment, formerly of Hong Kong, the exhibition presents innovative work in film, video, new media, sculpture, and mixed media by both local and international artists.

Present Tense 2023: Perilous Playground is the sixth iteration of CCC’s Present Tense exhibition series, an initiative to promote robust artistic dialogue around issues relevant to the community.