Generation Return: Art and Justice Tour with Anida Yoeu Ali

Anida Yoeu Ali is actively engaged in international dialogues, community activism, and artistic resistance to multiple sites of oppression. She upholds the belief that art is a critical tool for individual and societal transformation.

Ali, born in Cambodia and raised nearly all her life in Chicago, returned to live in Cambodia in 2011 after nearly 3 decades away. She is part of a returning diaspora of artists and thinkers creating narratives of Cambodia beyond war and poverty.

Through performance and video works, she will present a body of work which provocatively considers the diasporic past/present contours of the Cambodian American experience.

Three Vancouver events – all are free and open to the public:

Thursday, April 18th, 2013 — 12:30-2:00pm
“Meet the artist” lunch at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
Please RSVP (for this event only) here, so that we can ensure we have enough space and food.

Thursday, April 18th, 2013 — 5:00-6:30pm,
Performance at the Royal Bank Cinema at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Reception to Follow.

Friday, April 19th, 2013 — 7:00-9:00pm
Performance at Emily Carr University. Reception to Follow.

This event was made possible by the collaborative support of the Liu Institute for Global Issues in partnership with the Chan Centre and UBC’s Departments of Visual Arts and Theory, Social Work, Theatre and Film, Political Science, Anthropology, and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice.

FREE and open to the public.