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SUMMARY:SAM Talks: Asia Society Seattle Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of talks designed and dedicated to promoting understan
 ding of Asia and the Asian diaspora. Hear from Asian and Asian American art
 ists\, writers\, business and community leaders\, and others engaged with A
 sia\, on their work\, ideas\, experiences\, and impact. Central themes will
  include arts and culture\, policy and business\, technology\, sustainabili
 ty\, and education. This speaker series is a collaboration between Asia Soc
 iety Seattle and Seattle Art Museum.\nExplore the intersections of art and 
 music by joining us for a conversation with celebrated visual artist Zheng 
 Chongbin and Asian Hall of Fame musician Daniel Pak. \nBorn in Shanghai in 
 1961\, Zheng Chongbin has moved freely across a variety of media throughout
  his three-decade career. His versatile large-scale light space installatio
 ns have transformed the Kennin-ji temple in Kyoto and been installed in the
  atrium of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and Liquid Space. His imme
 rsive video pieces have been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of 
 Art (LACMA)\, Light and Space\, and at the Shanghai Biennale 2016-17 in The
  Power Station of Art.\nSystematically exploring and deconstructing the cla
 ssical Chinese ink tradition and Western pictorial abstraction\, Zheng’s ar
 t centers on the notion of the world as always in flux. Inherent in pre-mod
 ern Chinese and especially Daoist thought\, this worldview enables contempo
 rary inquiries into complex systems like climate\, social behavior\, and ar
 tificial intelligence. In his video installations\, Zheng represents proces
 ses of nature—from molecular and cellular to topographical and climatic—in 
 the scale of human perception through microscopic and macroscopic imagery a
 nd accompanying soundscapes\, unfolding these processes spatially and tempo
 rally.\nDaniel Pak\, originally from O`ahu\, is a singer\, songwriter\, pro
 ducer\, nonprofit executive\, and arts and culture champion. As frontman fo
 r Kore Ionz from 2008–2018\, Pak shared the stage with The Wailers\, Toots 
 and the Maytals\, Steel Pulse\, and many of reggae’s greatest bands. \nPak 
 is the co-founder and executive director of Totem Star\, a recording studio
  and creative youth development organization supporting a diverse community
  of young recording artists through music production\, performance\, and me
 ntorship. In January 2024 Totem Star opened the doors to its new state-of-t
 he-art recording studio at historic landmark King Street Station\, built in
  partnership with the City of Seattle and the Cultural Space Agency. Pak is
  a commissioner emeritus of the Seattle Music Commission\, has served as a 
 Governor for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy\, and i
 s currently a Trustee at The Bush School. In November 2022\, Pak was induct
 ed into the Asian Hall of Fame.\nMember Month perk for all SAM members!\nSh
 ow your SAM member card or ticket to get a complimentary glass of wine befo
 re the talk from 5:30-6 pm. \nMay is Member Month at SAM!\nStep into a mont
 h of exclusive experiences at all three of our locations: the Seattle Art M
 useum\, the Seattle Asian Art Museum\, and the Olympic Sculpture Park. Beco
 me a SAM Member today!
LOCATION:Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 1400 E Prospect St\, Seattle\, WA 98112
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