Making or Faking Chinatown? 地方創生與維護
Representing People, PLace & Culture
華埠的人, 地方和文化的力量
Co-Curator with Yin Kong
Think!ChinaTOWN
New York, NY
Co-curator of an exhibition exploring staged and authentic cultural production in Chinatown. As the city’s Economic Development Corporation moves forward with a plan for a gateway in Kimlau Square, our research and exhibition contextualizes past and present efforts to represent culture in all its complexity in the built environment.
With support from the Van Alen Insitute’s Design Sprints program, and the design and urbanism braintrust of Pentagram, Fu Wilmers Design | A+U, and Farzana Gandhi Design Studio. Artwork by John Lee.
Where is Chinatown? A companion article about placemaking and placekeeping in New York's Chinatown, co-authored by Kerri Culhane and Yin Kong
Kimlau Paifang in Kimlau Square, Poy Gum Lee, 1960. Image Copyright Mark Bussell
