Coffee Kang & Evelyn Hang Yin
to draw a house
February 10–March 15, 2024
Opening reception: Saturday, February 10, 4–8pm
Gallery hours: Thursday–Sunday, 12–4pm
LA Artcore is pleased to present to draw a house 得運廠, a two-person exhibition by Coffee Kang and Evelyn Hang Yin. Working across video, sound, photography, and installation, the two artists engage with the narrative of Chinese diasporas in the U.S. by meditating on the action of drawing a house while exploring the relationships between history and fiction, destiny and agency, socio-political landscapes and personal struggles around migration. The exhibited work traverses archives, artifacts, and sites in the Western United States that once housed Chinese diasporas. All that remains lies in the carvings sealed by layers of paint meant to erase them, on the coaching papers washed away by rushing waves, between the punched holes of pakapoo tickets, under the accumulated incense ashes, and by the stone walls where miners once resided and dreamed,
to draw a house,
one that resembles those on the detention barrack walls
of the Angel Island Immigration Center.
Playing on the dual meaning of “Yùn” as movement and fortune in its Chinese exhibition title, 得運廠 (House of Yùn), to draw a house is also a study of movement within natural and cultural landscapes. Inserting themselves into the remnant of these houses, Kang and Yin fabricate a space that underscores the haunting testimonies of often misplaced histories. Incorporating performance, projection, and artifacts related to the artists’ personal experience, the exhibition questions the authenticity of the official record and the authority of institutional powers, calling for a re-imagined future in resistance to displacement, banishment, and erasure.
to draw a house,
one that ripples in archival silence;
searching and dreaming.
*The exhibition and the accompanying programs are made possible by the Mike Kelley Foundation for Arts, California Arts Council, California Humanities, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
Coffee Kang is a conceptual visual artist based in Los Angeles, primarily working with photo, video, installation, and performance. Coming from a photographer’s background, she embodies ephemera in her works with a strong interest in site-responsive art and alternative gallery spaces, actively exploring the theme of temporality. As a queer, a visa holder, an artist of color, and a metaphorically unhomed body caught in a liminal space at the intersection of identities, Kang reflects a sense of loss and longing by making attempts to see and seek in her works, incorporates aesthetics of melancholy and absurdity, and invites the audience to engage with the narratives of impermanence. Kang holds a BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong (2016), and an MFA in Photo and Media from California Institute of the Arts (2018). Her works have been showcased at The Box, Last Projects, MAK Center, Launch LA, A Room to Create, and LA Artcore. Kang was an artist in residence at Pilotenkueche and Eastside International in 2019, and Level Ground in 2021.
Evelyn Hang Yin is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and educator based in Los Angeles. Working with photography, video, text, and installation, Yin investigates how her personal experience moving between China and the U.S. informs her cultural identity. Her work is invested in issues of race, gender, history, (dis)placement, and collective memory. She has exhibited at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, the New Wight Gallery, and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She was an Armed with a Camera Fellow with Visual Communications, the Media and Production Fellow for Arts in a Changing America, and the Research and Archive Fellow for China Alley Preservation Society. She is a recipient of the Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund. Her work has been featured in aint-bad, Booooooom, SupChina, Sohu News, among others. She has taught at Las Fotos Project, artworxLA, California State Summer School for the Arts, and California Institute of the Arts. She received a BA in Political Science and Media Studies from University of California, Berkeley and an MFA in Photography and Media from California Institute of the Arts.
LA Artcore is a non-profit art space dedicated to the creative exploration, discovery, and expression of Los Angeles and global residents while supporting the careers of established and emerging contemporary artists. Founded in 1979, Artcore reflects the global perspectives of Los Angeles by engaging contemporary artists as the visual and performing conduits of and for the residents and communities in which they live, work and serve.
Weekly Pakapoo results:
Winning Numbers
Saturday, March 2, 2024
1 天, 6 宙, 8 荒, 9 囸, 11 盈, 19 暑, 21 秋, 23 冬, 31 調, 34 騰, 37 露, 41 金, 48 岡, 50 號, 54 稱, 55 夜, 58 珍, 61 菜, 63 芥, 80 皇
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by March 9. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
1 天, 6 宙, 8 荒, 9 囸, 11 盈, 19 暑, 21 秋, 23 冬, 31 調, 34 騰, 37 露, 41 金, 48 岡, 50 號, 54 稱, 55 夜, 58 珍, 61 菜, 63 芥, 80 皇
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by March 16. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.
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Winning Numbers
Saturday, February 24, 2024
4 黃, 11 盈, 14 宿, 16 張, 19 暑, 20 往, 24 藏, 30 呂, 32 陽, 33 雲, 46 出, 51 巨, 54 稱, 56 光, 59 李, 66 鹹, 69 鱗, 76 帝, 77 鳥, 79 人
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by March 9. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.
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Winning Numbers
Saturday, February 17, 2024
1 天, 2 地, 14 宿, 15 列, 19 暑, 23 冬, 24 藏, 27 成, 45 玉, 46 出, 47 崑, 49 劍, 58 珍, 60 奈, 65 海, 66 鹹, 70 潛, 74 師, 78 官, 79 人
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by March 2. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.
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Winning Numbers
Saturday, February 17, 2024
1 天, 2 地, 14 宿, 15 列, 19 暑, 23 冬, 24 藏, 27 成, 45 玉, 46 出, 47 崑, 49 劍, 58 珍, 60 奈, 65 海, 66 鹹, 70 潛, 74 師, 78 官, 79 人
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by March 2. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.
Winning Numbers
Saturday, February 10, 2024
4 黃, 8 荒, 12 昃, 15 列, 16 張, 17 寒, 18 來, 27 成, 28 歲, 29 律, 30 呂, 3 8結, 41 金, 44 水, 49 劍, 54 稱, 57 果, 63 芥, 75 伙, 78 官
If 5 or more of your 10 lucky numbers match the winning numbers, congratulations, you have won entry into the U.S.! Email evelynhyin@gmail.com a photo of your ticket to claim your prize by February 24. Everyone else who has entered the draw will also hear back about your results.