William Yang : Blood Links.
Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece. Both William Yang's paternal and maternal grandfathers came to Australia from the south of China in the 1880s to dig for gold. Both his parents were...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece. Both William Yang's paternal and maternal grandfathers came to Australia from the south of China in the 1880s to dig for gold. Both his parents were born here. William grew up on a tobacco farm in Dimbulah in North Queensland and was brought up as an assimilated Australian with his Chinese side denied and unacknowledged. In his midlife William claimed his Chinese heritage. This led him to research his own family. He travelled around Australia and the USA piecing together a family history. He has probably met more relatives than anyone else in the family. He has scores of relatives from all walks of life. Some are rich, but the majority are ordinary folk with ordinary jobs. Most cannot speak a word of Chinese. A visual feast, Blood Links examines how the Chinese diaspora establish roots in foreign soil, and how over the generations, through intermarriage, blood is mixed; yet the intricate bonds of family remain. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (approximately 59 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:59:00 |
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