David Bong: Distinct Reality

Start
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
End
Sunday, September 17, 2017
5:00 PM
Location
Silk Purse Arts Centre

Photographer David Bong spent five weeks in Asia, after a decade of separation, making this trip his homecoming & closure. He took many photographs & after looking at the images for several months, narrowing them down to the last 14, their effect steered him to a different alley of appreciation. There was something dramatically distinct about the faces & body language of these people, beyond the ethnicity, clothes, food. The gap between our understanding of & relating to the children, workers, grew to the proportion of a different reality. That reality sets us apart, makes us uncomfortable & yet drawn to the images. Hence, the title distinct reality.

What would these images do for you? Where would we arrive through the eyes of these children? Will we ever fully return to our reality after sharing a mid-day meal with the workers on a concrete wall? Would we sit down with the woman against the red wall long enough to take off our shoes? What is our reality now?

Opening reception: Tuesday, August 29h, from 6-8pm

West Vancouver Community Arts Council
Located at
The Silk Purse Arts Centre
1570 Argyle Avenue
West Vancouver, BC V7V 1A1

Phone: 604-925-7292

E-mail: westvanartscouncil@shaw.ca

Silk Purse Gallery & Art Box Shop Hours:

Wed. - Fri. from 12 - 4 pm, Sat. - Sun. from 12 - 4 pm

The West Vancouver Community Arts Council acknowledges that the lands on which we gather are the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of the the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation. It is our privilege to celebrate arts and culture alongside them.