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OHMA EXHIBITS: a collection of interactive oral history encounters

Collaging Asian/American: A Curatorial Experiment with Oral History and Archives (2023)

By Solby Lim

This exhibit is a curatorial, archival, and oral historical experiment in creating images of
Asian American history from a student perspective. Here, collaging is an art practice that
engages together the oral histories and archived materials of Asian American student life at
Barnard College and Columbia University during the 1980s-90s.

Enter the exhibit here!

NOTE: This online exhibit opens April 27, 2023 at 5PM.

Be sure to check out the upcoming LIVE EVENT with the curator

April 28 from 2-4PM at Barnard College

What does Asian American mean? What can Asian American oral history and art be? This exhibit experience invites visitors to collage as an artistic practice of exploring oral and archived histories of Asian American student life at Barnard/Columbia. Visitors will be invited to create their own assemblages of interview transcripts, art work, newspaper clippings, and more, all focused around discovering what Asian American looks like and can be. RSVP here!

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2023 Bio Solby Lim
2023 Promo Lim A collaged image of newspaper articles and archived images of Asian American student history; visible text includes headlines such as "Asian women discuss media stereotypes," "Asian Women's Coalition: Alternative Visions," and "DAAWN is a literary journal featuring articles, interviews, fiction, poetry, art, and reviews by and about Asian/Pacific American women." The center text reads Collaging Asian/American: A Curatorial Experiment with Oral History.