Calendar of events:
2020
Address Unknown: An Incomplete Map of Belonging
The experience of immigration is one of transition between “here,” “there,” “nowhere,” and “everywhere,”; A transition that can be called geography of belonging. An immigrant negotiates a sense of belonging through expressions of bilingualism and biculturalism in public and private spheres. This geography of belonging is characterized and colored with an ambiguous loss: a permanent and vague sense of grief and homesickness that cannot be easily detected when a migrant is “naturalized.” An ambiguous loss is one that is partial, incomplete, disrupted, and extremely difficult to heal. Social rituals often help families remain connected and collected. However, migration disrupts these rituals as well. A map of belonging cannot be drawn unless these subjective elements of healing are recognized and located. This exhibition attempts to draw the geography of belonging in the work of immigrant artists in the metro Detroit area who have experienced the complexities of contemporary migration.
The experience of immigration is one of transition between “here,” “there,” “nowhere,” and “everywhere,”; A transition that can be called geography of belonging. An immigrant negotiates a sense of belonging through expressions of bilingualism and biculturalism in public and private spheres. This geography of belonging is characterized and colored with an ambiguous loss: a permanent and vague sense of grief and homesickness that cannot be easily detected when a migrant is “naturalized.” An ambiguous loss is one that is partial, incomplete, disrupted, and extremely difficult to heal. Social rituals often help families remain connected and collected. However, migration disrupts these rituals as well. A map of belonging cannot be drawn unless these subjective elements of healing are recognized and located. This exhibition attempts to draw the geography of belonging in the work of immigrant artists in the metro Detroit area who have experienced the complexities of contemporary migration.
Each Midland artist invites one guest artist for this show
333 Midland St, Highland Park, MI 48219.