Conversation with artists from the Beautiful Diaspora/You Are Not The Lesser Part exhibition in MOCP.
Xyza Cruz Bacani is a Filipina street and documentary photographer based in New York and Hong Kong, who uses her practice to raise awareness about under-reported stories with a focus on the intersection of labor migration and human rights. Jessica Chou is a photographer based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Selections from her Suburban Chinatown body of work offer a multicultural and expansive update to representations of American suburban life. Farah Salem is a Chicago-based artist and art therapist from Kuwait, whose photography, performance, and installation practice explores subtle affinities between natural landscapes, the human psyche, fiber-material structures, and experiences of gender.