DOXA: Overseas
June 18 - 26
In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. In order to do so, they frequently leave their own children behind, before throwing themselves into the unknown. In one of the many training centres dedicated to domestic work in the Philippines, several trainees prepare themselves for homesickness and for the possible abuses that they may endure. During role playing exercises, they play both the role of the worker as well as that of the employer. Bordering on fiction, Overseas brings to light the question of domestic caregiving in our globalized world, while emphasizing these women鈥檚 determination, their sisterhood, and the strategies they find to face the obstacles that await them in the near future.
Special Mention - Tempo DocFest 2019
Audience Award - Punto de Vista 2019
Best Director Award - Premiers Plans - Angers Film Festival 2019
Jury selection for Best Documentary Feature - Hamptons International Film Festival 2019
Best Documentary Award - Warsaw Film Festival 2019
Amnesty International Catalunya Award - Docs Barcelona 2020
Year: 2019
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: Belgium, France
Director: Sung-A Yoon
About DOXA
Our Mission:
To support a better understanding of the complexity of our times through engaging the public in documentary media as an art form.
We鈥檙e Committed To:
- Cultivating curiosity and critical thought
- Promoting the intersection of actuality and artistic expression
- Fostering a local and international community interested in non-fiction media
Our Mandate:
DOXA is presented by The Documentary Media Society, a Vancouver based non-profit, charitable society (incorporated in 1998) devoted to presenting independent and innovative documentaries to Vancouver audiences. The society exists to educate the public about documentary film as an art form through DOXA Documentary Film Festival, a curated and juried festival comprised of public screenings, panel discussions, public forums and educational programs. The 19th annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival has been postponed; stay tuned for further details. DOXA will present Vancouver鈥檚 second annual November 5-8, 2020.
The Documentary Media Society is a founding member tenant of the 110 Arts Co-op which manages office and studio facilities.
The Documentary Media Society is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh (Squamish), and s蓹l虛i虂lw蓹ta蕯涩 (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
DOXA (pronounced dox'-ah) is a greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion.
Artist
Brooklyn-based artist Pixy Liao鈥檚 ongoing project, Experimental Relationship, dwells on sociocultural tendencies, power play, and emotional sustenance by examining the dynamics of her personal, romantic relationship, performed with photography and printed matter. Since 2007, the Chinese-born artist has staged photographs and live performances with her Japanese boyfriend, Moro, in keen attempts to balance, reverse, or subvert cultural traditions and gendered behaviours in a seemingly tongue-in-cheek, yet graceful manner. The sometimes-surreal images created throughout the process signal some of the traditional values and views of intimacy that are dictating interactions between the two lovers; they also point to a broader context in which gender dynamics and gendered expectations are questioned: Who is leading the relationship, who has the deciding voice in decision making, and who is gazing. Pixy and Moro鈥檚 relationship, in a way activated (not documented) by the project, has also been growing with it. Accompanying the photographic works and acting as an extension of Experimental Relationship in the exhibition is Pimo Dictionary, a collection of hybrids of Chinese, Japanese, English words and phrases as well as slangs, which was inspired by Pixy and Moro鈥檚 communication barriers.
About Centre A
Centre A鈥檚 mandate is to be an engaged participant in the ongoing production of a pluralistic and democratic society. We strive to activate contemporary art鈥檚 vital role in building and understanding the long and dynamic Asia-Canada relationship while tackling questions of broader concern from Asian and Asian-diasporic perspectives. Amidst the absence of institutional commitment in Canada to contemporary art as a vital site for social engagement and critical cultural production in local, migrant, and global Asian contexts, the gallery has continued to be dedicated to:
Supporting the creation of new works by Asian and Asian-diasporic artists in Canada, particularly emerging artists and artists within the Asian milieu whose voices are underrepresented due to the particular intersectional spaces that they occupy; facilitating collaboration and creative exchange between Asian artists in Canada and abroad, in order to engage critically with local, regional and national concerns from a global perspective; fostering meaningful relationships with local arts organizations, collectives, community organizations and groups within the Asian community and beyond; and engaging meaningfully with the call for Reconciliation and contribute to the understanding and navigation of non-European settler identities from Asian perspectives.
Date
Thursday, June 18 - Friday, June 26, 2020
Time
8:30 pm
Place
Streaming on Eventive
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SPONSORS
- 丁香园AV David Lam Centre