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Alisa Yang is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker.
Early life and Education
Yang received a BFA from Art Center of Design in 2009 and completed an MFA at University of Michigan in 2016.[1]
Artistic Work
Yang has said that she works across mediums, and that her life and family provide material for her art.[2] She has been influenced by Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry.[2] Other cited influences on her work influences include Audre Lorde and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.[2]
Yang's film Please Come Again (2016) the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Golden Reel Awards for Short Documentary.[3]
As an ArtPace International Fellow in Fall 2020, she created an exhibit, Wish You Were Here, which focused on self-care and community.[4] As part of the exhibit, which took place during the coronavirus pandemic, she created 300 care packages to send out to the community.[2] They contained objects such as sleep masks and "calming tea."[4] Yang described the care packages as a way to combat the lack of care from the government and individuals during the pandemic with a mutual aid effort.[4]
Yang also rented a billboard in Dilley, Texas, near a family detention center that holds undocumented immigrants. The billboard reads: “Jesus was a Brown Child Seeking Asylum.”[4]
In her 2020 film Sleeping with the Devil, Yang sought the services of a Skype exorcist, Bob Larson, at the urging of her mother. Yang recorded the session as part of the film.[5] Sleeping with the Devil won the Ann Arbor Film Festival’s Best Regional Filmmaker.[3]
External Links
References
- ^ ppandp. "Alisa Yang". CURRENTS New Media. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Meet Alisa Yang: Interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and activist". SHOUTOUT LA. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Alisa Yang". COCA PROJECT | Open calls for artists. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "New Artpace exhibition explores self-care, protest, and representation". San Antonio Report. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ 華婷婷, Vivian Hua (14 February 2021). "Superb Short Films at Slamdance 2021: Top Picks in Narrative, Animation, Documentary & Experimental". REDEFINE magazine. Retrieved 30 March 2022.