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The Dream of the Audience / Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982)

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982): The Dream of the Audience.
Performance still from Aveugle Voix. 1975.
Collection University of California, Berkeley Art Museum.

January 20 - March 10, 2002
Panel discussion and reception January 20, 2 p.m.

The Dream of the Audience is a retrospective exhibition of the works of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, an influential but little known Korean-American artist who worked in media ranging from performance, film and video to mail art and artist's books. An ongoing exploration of themes born out of personal experience-primarily those of geographic exile and cultural and linguistic displacement-Cha's complex work is distinguished by multiple cultural references and languages, including Korean, French and English. The exhibition will feature extensive documentation of Cha's performances, video and film installations, sculpture, artist's books, works on paper and documentation relating to the unfinished film White Dust from Mongolia, which Cha was working on at the time of her murder in New York in 1982 at the age of 31. The show also will include an on-line presence. The exhibition was organized by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum.

On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition, "The Dream of the Audience," an interdisciplinary panel of distinguished speakers will present a multi-faceted discussion of the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Her work has become increasingly important and relevant to a broad range of disciplines--from ethnic studies, Asian American Studies, and women's studies to film, literature, and linguistics, as well as visual and performance art. Panelists include: Allan deSouza, CalArts; Laura Kang, UC Irvine; Lisa Lowe, UC San Diego; Ann Pellegrini, UC Irvine.

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