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Jane Chang Mi's work is part of lone some, an exhibition seeking to inspire and provoke questions about what it means to experience loneliness, the exhibition's art works are featured on 25 independent public sites around the Bay Area.
There are a total of five different images created for this project. Read the text printed on each image below. |
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_OF THE OCEAN
Guam – Guåhån - Mariquita ‘Micki’ Davis and Travis Wells
GUÅHAN GINEN I TASI
_GINEN I TASI ha e’eksamina i singko na tiruturiat-ña as Amerika: Amerika Samoa, Låguas yan Gåni (Guåhan, yan i Sankattan siha na Islas Marianas), Puerto Rico, yan i US Virgin Island siha. Man isla todu ha’ i tirituriat siha as Amerika; i tasi na’chetton eyu siha na islas ya ha na’lå’la’ un dangkolo’ na kommunidat Tåsi. Este na sinangan yan este na cho’cho’ ma usa i fino’-ñiha i taotao tåno’, para respeta i manaotao tåno’ siha ginen este siha na lugat. Mesgnon-ña i mañilong-ñiha i kommunidat Tåsi, kinu i minetgot-ña i Gilagu. Ini siha na poster ma rekoknisa i tasi ha na’chetton todu i meggai na taotao, mananiti’, yan todu i lina’la’ i tasi, ya ma usa lokkue i tiningo’ NASA annai ma estudia i tano’ ginen i langet.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas
MARIANA ISLANDS OF THE OCEAN
*Despite connecting with a number of native speakers of Refaluwasch, including through the Marianas Visitors Authority, translations of the text were not completed. Rather then ignore this difficulty. I seek to acknowledge it here to illustrate the barriers of utilizing indigenous languages in the United States.
Puerto Rico - Ulrik Lopez, Katie Basco, and Rafael Soldi
PUERTO RICO DEL OCÉANO
DEL OCÉANO investiga los cinco territorios habitados de los Estados Unidos: la Samoa Americana, Guam, las Islas Marianas. Puerto Rico, y las Islas Vírgenes. Estos cinco territorios consisten de islas, rodeadas por el océano. Esta obra busca reconocer las personas indígenas de estas tierras al incluir esta declaración en sus propios idiomas. Moviéndose a una pluralidad, estas islas tienen el océano como un común, más que la colonización bajo los Estados Unidos. Estos carteles reconocen el océano como una región compleja a través de imágenes tomadas por la Agencia Espacial Norteamericana (NASA) durante misiones espaciales en las que estudiaron la tierra desde su aislamiento.
US Virgin Islands - United States of Virgin Islands
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE OCEAN
_OF THE OCEAN examines the five inhabited territories of the United States: American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. All five territories consist of islands, surrounded by the ocean. This work seeks to recognize the indigenous peoples of these locales by including this statement in their languages. Moving towards a plurality, the ocean is common to these islands, exceeding their colonization by the United States. These posters acknowledge the ocean as a complex region, and draw from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) missions where astronauts surveyed the earth from space in isolation.
Samoa - Amerika Sāmoa - Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua, Sia Figiel
AMERIKA SĀMOA OLE VASA
_O LE VASA e iloiloina teritori ainā e lima o le Iunaite Setete o Amerika: o Amerika Sāmoa, Guam, le Atu Mariana, Puerto Rico, ma le US Virgin Islands. E tofu teritori uma e lima ma atumotu, ma ‘e si’omia uma i latou e le vasa. O le faamoemoe o lenei galuega o le faalauiloa lea o ulua’i tagatanu’u o nei nofoaga, e ala i le faaopoopoina o lenei faamatalaga i a latou gagana. I se vaaiga faa-aotelega e faapea, o le vasa e laugatasia ai nei atumotu, e silisopo atu nai lo pulega faakolone a le Iunaite Setete. O nei faasalalauga e faalauiloa ai le vasa o se vaega lavelave, ma e maua lea talitonuga i misiona a le National Aeronautics ma le Space Administration (NASA) na fua mata’ituina ai le lalolagi e aseteronate po’o Saienitisi o le Vateatea mai se pito tu’ufua o le Vateatea.
Guam – Guåhån - Mariquita ‘Micki’ Davis and Travis Wells
GUÅHAN GINEN I TASI
_GINEN I TASI ha e’eksamina i singko na tiruturiat-ña as Amerika: Amerika Samoa, Låguas yan Gåni (Guåhan, yan i Sankattan siha na Islas Marianas), Puerto Rico, yan i US Virgin Island siha. Man isla todu ha’ i tirituriat siha as Amerika; i tasi na’chetton eyu siha na islas ya ha na’lå’la’ un dangkolo’ na kommunidat Tåsi. Este na sinangan yan este na cho’cho’ ma usa i fino’-ñiha i taotao tåno’, para respeta i manaotao tåno’ siha ginen este siha na lugat. Mesgnon-ña i mañilong-ñiha i kommunidat Tåsi, kinu i minetgot-ña i Gilagu. Ini siha na poster ma rekoknisa i tasi ha na’chetton todu i meggai na taotao, mananiti’, yan todu i lina’la’ i tasi, ya ma usa lokkue i tiningo’ NASA annai ma estudia i tano’ ginen i langet.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas
MARIANA ISLANDS OF THE OCEAN
*Despite connecting with a number of native speakers of Refaluwasch, including through the Marianas Visitors Authority, translations of the text were not completed. Rather then ignore this difficulty. I seek to acknowledge it here to illustrate the barriers of utilizing indigenous languages in the United States.
Puerto Rico - Ulrik Lopez, Katie Basco, and Rafael Soldi
PUERTO RICO DEL OCÉANO
DEL OCÉANO investiga los cinco territorios habitados de los Estados Unidos: la Samoa Americana, Guam, las Islas Marianas. Puerto Rico, y las Islas Vírgenes. Estos cinco territorios consisten de islas, rodeadas por el océano. Esta obra busca reconocer las personas indígenas de estas tierras al incluir esta declaración en sus propios idiomas. Moviéndose a una pluralidad, estas islas tienen el océano como un común, más que la colonización bajo los Estados Unidos. Estos carteles reconocen el océano como una región compleja a través de imágenes tomadas por la Agencia Espacial Norteamericana (NASA) durante misiones espaciales en las que estudiaron la tierra desde su aislamiento.
US Virgin Islands - United States of Virgin Islands
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE OCEAN
_OF THE OCEAN examines the five inhabited territories of the United States: American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. All five territories consist of islands, surrounded by the ocean. This work seeks to recognize the indigenous peoples of these locales by including this statement in their languages. Moving towards a plurality, the ocean is common to these islands, exceeding their colonization by the United States. These posters acknowledge the ocean as a complex region, and draw from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) missions where astronauts surveyed the earth from space in isolation.
Samoa - Amerika Sāmoa - Cameron Ah Loo-Matamua, Sia Figiel
AMERIKA SĀMOA OLE VASA
_O LE VASA e iloiloina teritori ainā e lima o le Iunaite Setete o Amerika: o Amerika Sāmoa, Guam, le Atu Mariana, Puerto Rico, ma le US Virgin Islands. E tofu teritori uma e lima ma atumotu, ma ‘e si’omia uma i latou e le vasa. O le faamoemoe o lenei galuega o le faalauiloa lea o ulua’i tagatanu’u o nei nofoaga, e ala i le faaopoopoina o lenei faamatalaga i a latou gagana. I se vaaiga faa-aotelega e faapea, o le vasa e laugatasia ai nei atumotu, e silisopo atu nai lo pulega faakolone a le Iunaite Setete. O nei faasalalauga e faalauiloa ai le vasa o se vaega lavelave, ma e maua lea talitonuga i misiona a le National Aeronautics ma le Space Administration (NASA) na fua mata’ituina ai le lalolagi e aseteronate po’o Saienitisi o le Vateatea mai se pito tu’ufua o le Vateatea.
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Meet the Artist
JANE CHANG MI
Website
As an ocean engineer and an artist, Jane Chang Mi assesses the post-colonial ocean environment through an interdisciplinary and research-based lens. She examines the narratives associated with the underwater landscape considering the past, present, and future. Mi most often focuses on the occupation and militarization of the Pacific Ocean by the United States as her livelihood would have reinforced the legacy of the American military complex. The ocean has always played a large role in her life; she has been an avid Scuba diver for over 25 years. She was the inaugural artist in residence at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, researching the pre-contact history of Pearl Harbor. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at Te Uru Waitakere and ST Paul St Gallery in Aotearoa. She has been a scientist on the Arctic Circle Program, a recipient of the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts grant, and a fellow at the East West Center at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. She is currently based out of Honolulu and Los Angeles, where she teaches at Scripps College.
Website
As an ocean engineer and an artist, Jane Chang Mi assesses the post-colonial ocean environment through an interdisciplinary and research-based lens. She examines the narratives associated with the underwater landscape considering the past, present, and future. Mi most often focuses on the occupation and militarization of the Pacific Ocean by the United States as her livelihood would have reinforced the legacy of the American military complex. The ocean has always played a large role in her life; she has been an avid Scuba diver for over 25 years. She was the inaugural artist in residence at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, researching the pre-contact history of Pearl Harbor. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at Te Uru Waitakere and ST Paul St Gallery in Aotearoa. She has been a scientist on the Arctic Circle Program, a recipient of the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts grant, and a fellow at the East West Center at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. She is currently based out of Honolulu and Los Angeles, where she teaches at Scripps College.
Conversation Series
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(July 16, 2020) — Island
On July 16, 2020, lone some participant Jane Chang Mi was joined by artist Ulrik Lopez to discuss isolation, sustainability, colonization, and islands of the ocean in the second installment of our lone some conversation series. |
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