trầnsfiguration

trầnsfiguration is an exhibition curated by Việt Lê at (/) Slash and will be accompanied by a series of public programs taking place throughout the Bay Area under 500 Capp Street’s Shifting Possessions salon series, co-presented with Headlands Center for the Arts, California College of the Arts, and (/) Slash.

  • Preview Event: What About China? Screening + Conversation with Trịnh T. Minh-hà, moderated by Việt Lê
    Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 6-9pm, CCA Timken Hall
    Co-presented by CCA’s Film Program (Voices in Moving Vision series), Visual & Critical Studies Program (VCS Forum series), Fine Arts Lecture Series, 500 Capp Street’s Shifting Possessions salon series, and (/) Slash.
  • Mother | Goddess, Or, Việt Namaste: Queer Southeast Asian Indigenous Shamanisms – Performance and Panel | Việt Lê with thầy đồng | traditional lên đồng musicians musicians Anh-Tấn and Hồ Nga Cao (Hà Nội); dancers Jay Carlon (LA), Megan Lowe (East Bay), Johnny Huy Nguyễn (SF); and Janet Hoskins (Professor of Anthropology and Religion, University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
    December 3, 3pm, Headlands Center for the Arts
    Co-presented by Headlands Center for the Arts, 500 Capp Street’s Shifting Possessions salon series, and (/) Slash.

Shifting Possessions is a salon series that feature dialogs and programming on queer(y)ing object collections, remediation strategies, geopolitical connections, historical trauma and healing. 500 Capp Street’s Shifting Possessions salon series is made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from Teiger Foundation.