Visionary Sightseeing Binoculars, Chinatwon In/Flux by Rebecca Hackemann

Opening Reception Friday April 3rd 5.30 - 7.30pm

Walking tours AT 6.30 ON 3RD and 3PM ON 4TH.

Two altered sightseeing binoculars will be installed in unlikely places in Philadelphia’s Chinatown along Vine Street. Inside the binoculars will be unexpected images created by the community, which show future versions of that location. Each binocular also contains one image of that location in the past before the expressway was built. The Visionary Sightseeing Binoculars are part of the Asian Arts Initiative’s “Chinatown In/flux: Future Landscape” exhibition designed to address and inspire future change and redevelopment in the landscape and infrastructure of Chinatown and call attention to these issues within and outside of the community.

Rebecca Hackemann • Visionary Sightseeing Binoculars
Nadia Hironaka • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Kikuchi + Liu • Chinatown Orange
Jonathan + Kimberly Stemler • the little red string