Karen Tam | “Made in China”: The Chinatown Curio Shop

Karen Tam is a Montreal-based artist and curator whose research focuses on the constructions and imaginations of cultures and communities. In her installations, she recreates Chinese restaurants, karaoke lounges, opium dens, curio shops and other sites of cultural encounters. Tam’s deep engagement with archival and collections research has also led her to question whose histories get to be collected and told, and to interrogate the narratives that have been constructed around the Chinese diaspora.

On this episode, learn about Karen’s Whispering Jade Bazaar, a new installation on display at the Chinese Canadian Museum in the Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art exhibition.

The School Room: Reshaping Collections Artist Series is made possible with support from the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.

To learn more about the Chinese Canadian Museum and book tickets, visit https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/.