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oc-house-of-chaos · 2 years ago

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OC Masterlist

Table of Contents

○ Original

▪︎ Relic ▪︎ Channel ▪︎ Dreams ▪︎ Magic School ▪︎ Furries ▪︎ Misc.

○ Fandom

▪︎ Ninjago ▪︎ Splatoon ▪︎ Pokémon ▪︎ My Little Pony ▪︎ Final Fantasy XIV ▪︎ Sonic ▪︎ Misc.

Original

Story: Relic (WIP)

Tyler (Last Name TBA)

Corey (Last Name TBA)

Miranda "Mandy" Wilkens

Three other Relic Holders (TBA)

Magical Girlie (TBA)

Protags' team's boss (TBA)

The boss' bosses (TBA)

Story: Channel (WIP)

Nyro Gauffin

Eloisa Gauffin

Olson Lund

Auriana Pinto

Arthur Pinto

Crystal

Winter

Gold (Awaiting name change)

Ayaba (Last Name TBA)

Akira (Last Name TBA)

Curtis (Last Name TBA)

Chance Gigz

Atlas (Last Name TBA)

Currant (Last Name TBA) (Name awaiting change)

Diantha (Last Name TBA)

Technically everyone else from the Splatoon section--

Story: Dreams (WIP)

Jade (Last Name TBA)

Jason (Last Name TBA)

Kas (Last Name TBA)

Eclair (Last Name TBA)

Vixen

Aris

Mellow

Rhaelcat

Snoot

Sunshine

Story: Magic School

Hyde Stitchbird

Claude (Last Name TBA)

Second love interest (name old and forgotten)

Alejandra (Last Name TBA)

Crystal (Last Name TBA) (name awaiting change)

Tabitha "Tabby" Moon

Eric (Last Name TBA)

Bruce (Last Name TBA)

Josh (Last Name TBA)

Terrence (Last Name TBA)

Agnes (Last Name TBA)

Raymond (Last Name TBA)

Paxton (Last Name TBA)

Furries

None belong to any particular story. Ukkats are an open species owned by Tel0din on DeviantArt.

Cinnamon (Cat)

Turnip (Cat)

TBA (Shark/Bunny)

Jelly Jubilee (Cat/Jelly)

Coleslaw (Cat)

Atol (Ukkat)

Melbourne (Ukkat)

Miscellaneous

Characters that don't fit into a particular story. Also Sky.

Skylar "Sky" Neilman

Nana

White + Blue pastel duo

Fandom

Ninjago

Luka "Dove" Baron

Yuki "Kiwi" Sato

Lin "Sparrow" Jin

Luka's father (TBA)

Lin's parents and grandparents (TBA)

Yuki's father and siblings (TBA)

Sky's grandfather (TBA)

Previous Master of Sound (TBA, not the canon one or Jacob Pevsner)

Splatoon

This is split into 2 AUs. Characters and events from AU 1 are unrelated to AU 2 and vice versa.

- AU 1

Akira (Last Name TBA), Agent 3

Eloisa Gauffin, Agent 4

Curtis, Agent 8

Princess, Agent 7

Stanley (Last Name TBA) (previously Squimley)

Pinnacle (Last Name TBA)

Auriana (Last Name TBA) (previously Skimchi)

Arthur (Last Name TBA) (previously Skamchi)

Venus (Last Name TBA)

Mara (Last Name TBA)

Merkury (Last Name TBA)

Urcan (Last Name TBA)

Pluto (Last Name TBA) (previously Pluter)

Nyro (Last Name TBA)

Olson (Last Name TBA)

Kristen (Last Name TBA)

Kyree (Last Name TBA)

Gatsby

Kaleb (Last Name TBA)

Kaden (Last Name TBA)

Ayaba (Last Name TBA)

Pompoen

Haylee (Last Name TBA)

Chess

Squeak

Chardonnay

Currant

Kandice "Kandi" (Last Name TBA)

Liz (Last Name TBA)

Oleander (Last Name TBA)

Souka Leta

- AU 2

Fredrick Kisner

Jett Jones

Renny "Red" Dandish

Hero (real name TBA)

Runner (real name TBA)

Sophie (Last Name TBA)

Icarus (Last Name TBA)

Right

Left

Zachary Kisner, Agent 3

Diantha, Agent 8

Atlas (Last Name TBA), Agent 4

Crystal, Agent 7

Canvas

Fry (real name TBA)

Makenzie (Last Name TBA)

Twitch

- Unrelated

Blue

Orange

Pokémon

AU follows a separate canon created between SM/USUM and SWSH. Not canon compliant for Gen 8+

- Trainers

Azure, Champion (Galar)

Agate, Poison Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Psychic Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Normal Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Electric Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Ground Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Bug Type Leader (Galar)

TBA, Flying Type Leader (Galar)

Moon, Champion (Alola) (real name TBA)

Sun, Champion (Alola) (real name TBA)

Ren (Last Name TBA) (Kalos)

Cèleste (Last Name TBA), Champion (Kalos)

- Pokémon

Rayne, Inteleon (Azure)

Scraps, Theivul (Azure)

Stee, Tsareena (Azure)

Wave, Noivern (Azure)

Sparkè, Manectric (Azure)

Forg, Pangoro (Azure)

Foofy, Dubwool (Azure)

Sir, Sirfetch'd (Azure)

TBA, Garbador (Agate)

Thorn, Roserade (Agate)

Root Beer, Vileplum (Agate)

TBA, Toxtricity (Agate)

TBA, Weezing (Agate)

TBA, Scolipede (Agate)

Crystal, Primarina (Moon)

TBA, Toucannon (Moon)

TBA, Persian (Moon)

TBA, Arcanine (Moon)

Bounceè, Tsareena (Moon)

TBA, Snorlax (Moon)

Ahoo, Decidueye (Sun)

Cha, Hawlucha (Sun)

Mirai, Espeon (Sun)

TBA, Jolteon (Sun)

TBA, Absol (Sun)

TBA, Mimikyu (Sun)

Eerir, Lopunny (Sun + Moon)

TBA, Butteefree (Sun + Moon)

Borris, Malamar (Sun + Moon)

TBA, Politoed (Sun + Moon)

TBA, Talonflame (Sun + Moon)

TBA, Goldeen (Sun + Moon)

Cinder, Delphox (Ren)

Rose, Florges (Ren)

Sprout, Venusaur (Ren)

Crème, Meowstic (Ren)

My Little Pony

Post canon of Gen 4, not canon compliant. Please do not ask to join my Next Gen AU.

Moonlit Glow

Party Popper

Sweet Tooth

Apple Crumble

Cirrus Dash

Precious Velvet

Prince Stardust

Unnamed RariTwi son

Princess Fate

Unnamed Villaness (Earth Pony)

Toothpaste

Starshine

Blueberry Crème

Unnamed Galaxy Donut Pegasus

Final Fantasy XIV

Sir Spoon

Tanzanite Vanadium

Y'nari (Minato Ikari)

Naoh'ra Rabnta

Sonic

Idk Sonic canon very well, this is my own interpretation of the source.

Frost

Lemon

Lime

Chocolat

Chrysta

Blaire

Miscellaneous

OCs that have too few grouped together to make their own section.

Kit (MySims Wii)

Sonny (MySims Kingdom Wii)

Conny (MySims Agents Wii)

Ultramarine Pearl (Steven Universe)

Cupcake (Steven Universe)

TBA, Electro Claymore (Genshin Impact)

Spinch (Dragon Ball)

Yutaka Furuta (Naruto)

Yutaka's team + leader (Naruto)

Roy Chester Blake (Static Shock)

Leah (Total Drama)

Caveat (Undertale)

Permafrost (Wings of Fire)

Arron Knight (South Park)

Ebb (Chainsaw Man)

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girlboss-gollum · 4 years ago

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Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell; Review

George Orwell is a titan in the literary world; his last name so prominent that its adjective form, Orwellian, has its own place in the Cambridge Dictionary. Many may not realize that George Orwell is a pen name for Eric Blair, the writer and thinker behind the noteworthy novels 1984 and Animal Farm. Blair changed his name to “George Orwell” for publication of his first book at age 30, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). The pseudonym was created to avoid embarrassing Blair’s upper-class English family with his writing on less esteemed subject matters that were blissfully ignored by many upper-class English people, namely, poverty, unemployment and destitution. Down and Out in Paris and London is a thought-provoking memoir (or fictional autobiography, according to others) that offers an account of Blair’s hungry, tired and miserable experiences in privation. His first novel, published at age thirty, illustrates his acute awareness of suffering and power and gives insight into how his experiences later translates into his late monumental works.

George Orwell was born in Bengal, India, to upper class English parents. Orwell describes his family as “upper-middle-class”, a station that is hailed prestige but not money. He grew up back in England, first being educated at a public school and later Eton College after receiving a King’s Scholarship. Upon graduation, he returned to Southeast Asia, settling down in Moulmein, Myanmar as a police officer. Given Orwell’s already forming left-wing ideals, the decision felt peculiar “but, like the atheist who loves churches, it perhaps represented an unconscious form of rebellious espionage” writes James Wood, in an essay about Orwellian revolution. At age 25, Orwell returned to Europe and instead of living with parents, went to hunt for writing material in the squalid Latin Quarter of Paris. Orwell, in pursuit of a full and nuanced understanding of poverty, abandons comfort and, in the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda, “goes downtown to slum it with the poor”.

Orwell explained in a later book, The Road to Wigan Pier “I wanted to submerge myself, to get right down among the oppressed, to be one of them and on their side against the tyrants”. To understand poverty and suffering, he had to be poor and suffer. This was his field work. he sets the tone of the book when describing his tramping grounds in Paris. He is living on Rue du Coq d'Or, “a ravine of tall leprous houses, lurching towards one another in queer attitudes.” Readers are greeted with a throng of people, each with their own stories. What they lack in sophistication, they make up for in intrigue and complexity. “Poverty frees [people] from ordinary standards of behavior, just as money frees people from work.”

In between lucid and exacting narrations on humiliation and hunger, Orwell meditates on the powers and systems that keep people in poverty. In the last of his days in Paris, he recounts, “The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. But the trouble is that intelligent, cultivated people, the very people who might be expected to have liberal opinions, never do mix with the poor. For what do the majority of educated people know about poverty?”

If Paris explored poverty, London explored unemployment. By a sudden and mysterious job offer in England, which either is real or simply an inelegant plot device, Orwell returns to his home. Instead of moving into his parent’s basement, he continues his anthological field studies of suffering. In the same frank and confident style, Orwell illustrates his month tramping across England with his fellow down-and-outs. He adopts a diet of strictly bread, margarine, and subpar tea and spends his nights at dosshouses, what he refers to as “spikes”. When content dwindles, he carries the story forward with striking and visceral observations. He writes of stench, of sweat, of malnourished grey shirt figures, and more than anything, complete and humiliating hunger. “Poverty, though squalid and boring, is no free ride. People pay through the way they suffer”, he writes. His writing is direct and simple, devoid of both self-pity and romanticism. Half-starved, bored, and destitute, he leads us through the labyrinths of unsaid systems of power and charity.

Orwell believes that writing should be like a windowpane, transparent, clear and unassuming. But even a windowpane shows different scenery depending on where it’s built. In the windowpane that is Down and Out in Paris and London, readers may encounter a distinctly different environment, one full of grey t-shirts, small quarters and hard to read circumstances, but likewise one of ideals, of hope, humour and human complexity. And it is distinctly these ideals that will linger, long after one looks away.

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emmajustin20 · 5 years ago

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All the Trailers Lined Up for This Year and Early 2021

This year, as we all were bound to stay home to prevent the virus from spreading, most of us have resorted to movies and series to spend the day. Video-on-demand has seen an upsurge in the number of active users, which means everyone had plenty of time to finish their never-ending watchlist. If you feel like you’ve watched every possible thing and there’s nothing exciting left to watch, then you are probably right. But a few trailer releases are coming up your way that will certainly excite you. If you plan to watch something fresh, then you must check out the following trailers and add the ones you like to your watchlist.

The West Wing Special

If you are a West Wing fan, this reunion will warm your heart and excite you about the recreation. The West Wing cast will be reuniting on stage to recreate the 2002 episode titled ‘Hartsfield’s Landing.’ The original show earned praises ever since its initial release. They will recreate the scene to raise awareness for the nonpartisan voter participation organization When We All Vote. You will see most of the original cast participating in this cause. Also, Ex-President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ex-President Clinton, and Lin-Manuel Miranda will appear as special guests. It will premiere on HBO Max on 15th October.

A Teacher

A Teacher is a drama miniseries that features the story of an illegal relationship between a teacher named Claire and her teenage student, Eric. After their lives intertwine with each other, their connection grows. Soon their relationship or illicit affair catches the limelight, and their family and friends get involved in their lives. A Teacher will premiere on Hulu’s FX on 10th November.

The Stand

The Stand is a series based on the novel of the same name written by Stephen King, and it was first published in 1978. The story’s plot revolves around a human-made virus called ‘Captain Tricks,’ that wreaks havoc all over the world, leading it to enter the global pandemic stage. It is considered one of the best novels as it consists of more than a hundred characters, and it has intertwining plots. The series stars James Marsden in the lead. Jovan Adepo, Whoopi Goldberg, and many other talented actors will be seen in this 9-episode series. It will premiere on CBS All Access or Paramount on 17th December.

The Watch

The development, production, and creation of The Watch have been under speculations since 2011, but it seems like this series will finally be available. The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television series based on or inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch police force from Pratchett’s Discworld series. We can categorize the series as a punk rock thriller, as it will follow a crime that asks the police not to lose their focus. You can find this series premiering on BBC America in January 2021.

Invincible

Invincible is an upcoming American adult animated superhero-drama web television series that will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. It is based on the comic book character of the same name. Robert Kirkman wrote the comic series. The series features a typical teenager, Mark Grayson, whose father – Nolan – is a mighty superhero on the planet. Soon after Mark’s 17th birthday, he begins to develop his incredible powers and enters into his father’s guidance. The series will debut on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.

Watch out for these incredibly entertaining and thrilling movies. You can find their teasers and ‘fans speculating the story’ all over the internet.

Hi, I’m Kinsley. I’m a web developer living in Pontiac, USA. I am a fan of web development, programming, and entrepreneurship. I’m also interested in innovation. You can read my blog with a click on the button above. maxxadvisor.com

Source: Trailers Lined Up for This Year and Early 2021

#TrailersLined #Early2021

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workfromhom · 6 years ago

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Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund

We recently noted that SoftBank’s Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.

Hong Kong-based Klook announced today that it has raised a $225 million round led by the Vision Fund with participation from existing investors. The deal — which is described as a “Series D plus” — comes just eight months after Klook announced its $200 million Series D at a valuation of over $1 billion. The company didn’t confirm what its new valuation is, but co-founder and president Eric Gnock Fah (second from right in the photo above) did confirm to TechCrunch that it has increased.

Klook was founded in 2014 and it serves as an activities platform for users who travel overseas. That covers areas like visits to adventure parks, scuba diving, more localized tours or basics such as train travel, food or airport transfers, all of which can be found, paid for and taken using Klook’s platform. Today, Klook claims to host 100,000 activities across over 270 destinations. Its team has grown to over 1,000 staff and it has 20 offices, including sites in Europe and the U.S. as well as, of course, on its home turf in Asia Pacific.

This new injection means that Klook has now raised $425 million to date. Its investors include Sequoia China, Matrix Partners, TCV, OurCrowd, Goldman Sachs, Boyu Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) among others.

Gnock Fah said that Klook has maintained a dialogue with SoftBank “for a while.” The company only recently raised its Series D so didn’t need the additional capital, but he said that it was moved by SoftBank’s “bigger vision” and its potential role in the SoftBank “ecosystem.”

That, in particular, means opportunities to work with other Vision Fund-backed startups in Asia. Gnock Fah specifically name-checked ride-hailing firm Grab in Southeast Asia and hospitality company OYO, as well as e-commerce companies Coupang in Korea and Tokopedia in Southeast Asia.

“We don’t do point to point or on demand so it’s synergistic on both ends,” he said of potential tie-ins with Grab — which is already working with OYO — while he cited Klook’s ongoing work with Alibaba, which has relationships with Tokopedia and Lazada in Southeast Asia.

(From left to right) David Liu, Chief Product Officer; Bernie Xiong, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder; Anita Ngai, Chief Revenue Officer; Eric Gnock Fah, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder; Ethan Lin, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder (PRNewsfoto/Klook)

The new funds will be used to develop tech, including AI and machine learning, and to go after growth in Western markets, Gnock Fah explained, as well as increasing Klook’s efforts in Japan — where it has been ramping up ahead of the Summer Olympics in 2020, and now has the SoftBank connection.

“Now is the time to scale up the fundamentals we’ve built in Western regions,” Gnock Fah said in an interview. “We already have a team on the ground — fundamentals are built — now it is about investing more on the supply-demand side.”

That sounds like increased online advertising spend — I often wonder how handsomely Facebook and Google profit from Vision Fund investments — while in Japan the company is working to cater to more Japanese travelers heading overseas on trips as well as inbound tourism. SoftBank has launched a number of joint ventures with Vision Fund companies to bring their services to the Japanese market — Paytm, WeWork, OYO and Didi Chuxing immediately come to mind — but Gnock Fah said nothing definitive has been decided.

“We’re in a lot of conversations with their team about how to work closely with them,” he said, pointing out that — unlike those aforementioned examples — Klook already has a presence in Japan.

Whenever the Vision Fund has invested in Asia-based companies, I’ve asked the founders how they handle the fund’s links to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi regime. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is widely believed to have ordered the killing, and he runs Public Investment Fund (PIF), the main LP anchor behind the Vision Fund.

Clearly, based on an increase in deals in Asia this year, the link isn’t putting founders off.

Most founders of Vision Fund portfolio startups that TechCrunch spoke to have supplied fairly platitudinous comments or declined to say anything at all — you can read a collection of them here — but Gnock Fah suggested a new (and unique) perspective.

“Because it is a relatively new fund, there’s more spotlight” on the Vision Fund, he offered.

Klook declined to provide a further statement on the Vision Fund and the Khashoggi murder following our interview despite a request from TechCrunch.

“The new capital isn’t about capital per se — our economics are heath — but more for a strategic investment angle,” he said, getting back to more fundamental founder talking points.

The Vision Fund-led cash infusion does mean that Klook, which has been pretty candid about a potential IPO, is putting off plans for a liquidity exit further down the road.

“Right now, there is no fixed timeframe,” Gnock Fah said. “Back in the early days, we had that aspiration… back then, if we wanted to raise $300-400 million [then] IPO was the way to get that.”

The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund

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un-enfant-immature · 6 years ago

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Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund

We recently noted that SoftBank’s Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.

The new funds will be used to go after growth in Western markets, Gnock Fah explained, as well as increasing Klook’s efforts in Japan — where it has been ramping up ahead of the Summer Olympics in 2020, and now has the SoftBank connection.

Clearly, based on an increase in deals in Asia this year, the link isn’t putting founders off.

“Because it is a relatively new fund, there’s more spotlight” on the Vision Fund, he offered.

Klook declined to provide a further statement on the Vision Fund and the Khashoggi murder following our interview despite a request from TechCrunch.

“The new capital isn’t about capital per se — our economics are heath — but more for a strategic investment angle,” he said, getting back to more fundamental founder talking points.

The Vision Fund-led cash infusion does mean that Klook, which has been pretty candid about a potential IPO, is putting off plans for a liquidity exit further down the road.

The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund

#TechCrunch

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funkylilblob · 5 months ago

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#funky’s art #oc artwork #lalalala i love my gay people #their names are lin (left) and eric (right)#and they are my favorite middle aged men in the wolrd #uhhh click the image for better quality you know the drill already

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toomanysinks · 6 years ago

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Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund

We recently noted that SoftBank’s Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.

Its rivals include KKday, a Taiwan-based company backed by the likes of Alibaba and Line, and FunNow. Outside of Asia, there’s Peek, Headout, Voyagin, GetYourGuide, Culture Trip and even Airbnb’s ‘experiences’ feature. Still, Klook has raised considerably more than any of these competitors.

Clearly, based on an increase in deals in Asia this year, the link isn’t putting founders off.

“Because it is a relatively new fund, there’s more spotlight” on the Vision Fund, he offered.

Klook declined to provide a further statement on the Vision Fund and the Khashoggi murder following our interview despite a request from TechCrunch.

“The new capital isn’t about capital per se — our economics are heath — but more for a strategic investment angle,” he said, getting back to more fundamental founder talking points.

The Vision Fund-led cash infusion does mean that Klook, which has been pretty candid about a potential IPO, is putting off plans for a liquidity exit further down the road.

“We believe Klook is a leader in taking a mobile-first approach to the travel activities and services industry. The company has seen great success in scaling its business across different geographies and cultures, and we are excited to help them drive further innovation in the global travel industry,” said SoftBank partner Lydia Jett in a statement.

The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund

source https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/klook-raises-225m/

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fmservers · 6 years ago

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Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund

We recently noted that SoftBank’s Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.

Clearly, based on an increase in deals in Asia this year, the link isn’t putting founders off.

“Because it is a relatively new fund, there’s more spotlight” on the Vision Fund, he offered.

Klook declined to provide a further statement on the Vision Fund and the Khashoggi murder following our interview despite a request from TechCrunch.

“The new capital isn’t about capital per se — our economics are heath — but more for a strategic investment angle,” he said, getting back to more fundamental founder talking points.

The Vision Fund-led cash infusion does mean that Klook, which has been pretty candid about a potential IPO, is putting off plans for a liquidity exit further down the road.

The Khashoggi murder isn’t stopping SoftBank’s Vision Fund

Via Jon Russell https://techcrunch.com

#TechCrunch

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news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog · 7 years ago

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President Obama joins other big names in posting touching tributes to Anthony Bourdain

As the shocking news of Anthony Bourdain's death reverberated around the world, the world took to social media to remember the chef and TV personality, sharing memories and thoughts on the man who made such a large impact on his industry and beyond.

Bourdain rocketed to fame thanks to his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, an early excerpt of which appeared in a 1999 issue of The New Yorker. He later wrote several more books — and even a graphic novel — and his writing continued to appear in places like the New Yorker and the New York Times.

SEE ALSO: Anthony Bourdain has anointed this Filipino street food dish as 'the one'

Television was also a welcome home for Bourdain, who hosted several travel food shows, most notably No Reservations and Parts Unknown, and was a frequent guest on food-related shows like Top Chef.

Through all of these works, Bourdain was, at times, brash and outspoken, the originator of the new wave of "celebrity chefs" that have dominated pop culture over the last decade-plus. But he was also authentic and vibrant, using his platform to bring a broadened sense of culinary and cultural experiences to the masses.

It was an amazing, expansive career, one that left a large imprint on millions, and the sadness of his death was felt by a wide swath of people who shared their feelings on his passing.

His girlfriend Asia Argento posted a statement on Thursday afternoon.

pic.twitter.com/dB1s994Znf

— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) June 8, 2018

His partner on-screen, Eric Ripert, also shared a statement later on Friday afternoon.

Anthony was my best friend. An exceptional human being, so inspiring & generous. One of the great storytellers who connected w so many. I pray he is at peace from the bottom of my heart. My love & prayers are also w his family, friends and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/LbIeZK14ia

— Eric Ripert (@ericripert) June 8, 2018

And many big names were quick to share how he'd touched their lives — and them was former president Barack Obama, who shared a dinner with Bourdain in Vietnam while he was still president in 2016.

“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 8, 2018

In case you’ve never seen it, here is the original Anthony Bourdain piece that started everything. https://t.co/WpVqWoJBk6

— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) June 8, 2018

A piece of my heart is truly broken this morning. And the irony, the sad cruel irony is that the last year he’d never been happier. The rest of my heart aches for the 3 amazing women he left behind. Tony was a symphony. I wish everyone could have seen all of him. A true friend.

— Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) June 8, 2018

... Well, I hope that someday, buddy We have peace in our lives Together or apart Alone or with our wives And we can stop our whoring And pull the smiles inside And light it up forever And never go to sleep My best unbeaten brother This isn't all I see - Will Oldham

A post shared by Dave Chang (@davidchang) on Jun 8, 2018 at 5:02am PDT

Bourdain's exceptional writing made this one formerly picky, fearful eater very brave and want to try everything and I'll always be grateful for him and the worlds he opened

— 🇵🇷 Lin-Manuel Miranda 🏳️‍🌈 (@Lin_Manuel) June 8, 2018

Stunned and saddened by the loss of Anthony Bourdain. He brought the world into our homes and inspired so many people to explore cultures and cities through their food. Remember that help is a phone call away US:1-800-273-TALK UK: 116 123

— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) June 8, 2018

Sad day, the world seems to be getting crazier. RIP Anthony you brought us much joy with writing and TV. I wish you knew we would all be better off with you here with us x

A post shared by Neil Perry (@chefneilperry) on Jun 8, 2018 at 5:10am PDT

Explaining Jerusalem to @AnthonyBourdain in 2013. Such a shock to hear about his death. A great explorer and brilliant storyteller. A huge loss of a person who shaped and changed the way we write about food. Very sad.

A post shared by Yotam Ottolenghi (@ottolenghi) on Jun 8, 2018 at 5:13am PDT

Tragic news about Anthony Bourdain. Such energy being in his presence. Hanoi, Vietnam 2015 pic.twitter.com/sRKAzvPLds

— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) June 8, 2018

I am gutted and saddened upon hearing the news of @Bourdain, a beloved presence in the culinary community. You will be missed. pic.twitter.com/GIAijn3jIL

— Carla Hall (@carlahall) June 8, 2018

I have to say I’m in total shock to hear that the amazing @Bourdain has just died 💔 he really broke the mould, pushed the culinary conversation, Rest in peace chef 👨‍🍳 🙏 thoughts and love to all his family and close friends xxxxxxxxxxx pic.twitter.com/HB7sV7CeRH

— Jamie Oliver (@jamieoliver) June 8, 2018

Maybe we all wanted to hang out with him. He was that cool, fun, frank, insightful. He introduced us to distant lands and to people with different traditions. And without ever preaching, he reminded us that we humans are far more alike than different. Thank you Anthony Bourdain pic.twitter.com/QMznx4JMhS

— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) June 8, 2018

Just saw the sad news that Anthony Bourdain has died. I watched his show when I was in space. It made me feel more connected to the planet, its people and cultures and made my time there more palatable. He inspired me to see the world up close. #RIPAnthonyBourdain pic.twitter.com/Cb6IfmzylN

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) June 8, 2018

This is who Anthony was. Asked to donate something for an auction for @HomesForOurTrps, he handed over his beloved — and pricey — watch. He’d give you the shirt off his back. https://t.co/BVvzTxPkPF

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 8, 2018

Anthony. One of my idols. Unapologetic, passionate and one of the best storytellers on the planet. Thank you for making food so exciting. And always standing up for everything right. Horrible. Why why why. Be at peace now :(

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 8, 2018

Heartbroken to hear about Tony Bourdain’s death. Unbearable for his family and girlfriend. Am going off twitter for a while

— Nigella Lawson (@Nigella_Lawson) June 8, 2018

Anthony Bourdain was a champion of cooking without borders; he made all of us more curious cooks. We're struck dumb by this loss. We miss him already. pic.twitter.com/2ZkFfkOS3z

— epicurious (@epicurious) June 8, 2018

As @NASA searches for life on Mars, we lose the life of beloved Anthony Bourdain on Earth. Implicit and explicit reminders of how precious life is, anywhere in the universe.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 8, 2018

Finally, this thread from artist Shivana Sookdeo explains why Bourdain meant so much to so many. Be sure to click through to read the entire thing.

I met Anthony Bourdain only once, while waiting in line at a food festival. Instead of hello he said "hey kid, you hungry?" and it was like I'd bumped into an old friend.

— shivana (to scale) (@toastasaurus) June 8, 2018

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COSTA BLANCA STH BOWLS ROUNDUP - 24 JUNE 17

SAN MIGUEL BOWLS CLUB

San Miguel Christians played San Luis Wellingtons at home last week taking 5 points to 9. Well done to Pat McEwan, Bob Graham, Gary Raby 21-12: Bob Nesbitt, Brenda Rees, Mike Douglas 25-15; Ken Hope, Brian Allen, Reg Cooper 17 across. Shots for San Miguel 100, against 122.

In the VCL, the Deputies were away to Emerald Isle, with only two wins. Ladies Singles, Anita Brown and in the Pairs, Pat McEwan and Ann Eagle.

This week the Christians were at home to Quesada Blenheims only managing 4 points. Well played by Peter Rees, Jim Jarvie, Noel Davis 21-17; Paul Hayward, Tom Dalgleish, Brian Allen 29-18. Other games were all very close. Shots were close 106 to San Miguel – 108 to Quesada.

The Moors were away to San Luis Wellingtons only picking up 1 point. William Holtham, Bill Knight, Fred Willshire drew 14 all. Shots 76 to San Miguel and 116 to San Luis.

No other results received.

Club mornings still on, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 0945 for 1015. WASPS on Wednesdays 1.30pm, numbers are falling due to the heat, a friendly afternoons bowling for only €5, including use of woods, shoes and free tuition if required.

For further information on San Miguel Bowls Club, please contact the President, Rosamond Stockell, telephone 965329778 or Secretary Pat McEwan, telephone 966714257

VISTABELLA BOWLS CLUB WITH LYNNE BISHOP

The Vistabella Greener’s won the Hurricane league in great style.

Congratulations to all the members of the Greener’s team for their outstanding performance this season, there final game was away to the Emerald Isle Vulcans and despite knowing last week that they had won the league they still kept the pressure on and went out to finish on a high! Sheila Cox, Sheila Whitehall & Les Barber 32-15. Ron Smith, Sue Jenkins & Dave Jenkins 23-14. Jenny Chaplin/Del Gunning, Ken Savage & Peter Whitehall 17-13. Mike Irwin, Sue Norris & Pat Rafferty 17-12. Frank Barclay, Peter Cadwell & Barry Norris 16-16. Shots, VB 120(11) – 87(3) EI.

Spitfire division Fairways still with a few games to play gained some important points from their home game against La Siesta Wasps, Tony French, Stuart Allman & Bill Pain 38-7. Lin Watkins, Mike Regan & Eric Bishop 30-11. Olwyn Ratcliffe, Geoff Paylor & Ken Cuthbert 24-8. Lynne Bishop, Jenny Bowman & Ian Kenyon 16-10. Sandra Burrows, StJohn Broadhurst & Brian Dunn 21-16. Beryl Regan, Dane Howard & Maggie Furness 16-16. Shots, VB 145(13) – 68(1) LS.

VCL. The Vikings were away to La Marina only picking up four points…quite disappointing, but well done to the Ladies Singles Lynne Bishop for a 21-10 win and the Rinks team of Pauline Rafferty, Andy Leggatt, Pat Rafferty & Eric Bishop winning 19-12. Shots, VB 88(4) – 98(10) LM.

The Saxons also had an off day, playing the Quesada Lions at home they scraped through with just one win from Mens Singles Ian Kenyon of 21-13. Shots, VB 89(2) – 120(12) Q.

Despite the heat we need to keep going so please everyone put your names down…you will soon be able to have a well earned rest. Adiós.

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SAN LUIS BOWLS CLUB REPORT 23.06.17.

Wednesday 21st June VCLeague SL Falcons were away v San Miguel Sherriffs; a close match right to the very end (which could have gone the other way), but even with Jules killing the last end so we could replay it, we couldn’t quite close the shot gap; 94-99, points 5-9. Winners: pairs; June & Keith Jones 21-10, triples; Margaret & Neil Morrison, Derrick Cooper 16-16, rinks; Shirley Verity, Sheila Cammack, Barry Edwards, Jules Pering 22-12.

Friday 23rd, Spitfire Division: SL Wellingtons were home to San Miguel Moors, and had an excellent result: shots 116-76, points 13-1. Winners: Carol Lowry, Les Bedford, Ray Pollock 17-14, Kath Reid, Ann Holland, Roy Cordell 27-7, Margaret & Neil Morrison, Derrick Cooper 18-16, Colin Jackson, Bill Webb, Mal Hughes 19-13, Bob White, Vic Slater, Keith Lowry 21-12, Judy Carroll, Jan & Brian Pocock 14-14.

SAN LUIS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS:

Whereas some clubs may be considering reducing their entries for the coming winter season, San Luis Bowls Club is going back to 4 for the South Alicante league on a Monday and 4 for the Southern league on a Friday.

Being a competitive club does not mean that there is not room for everyone in ALL divisions to get at least one game a week. We will have 1 in Div A, 1 in Div B and 2 in Div C and it is as much the latter where we welcome players – either those who have played in the leagues and want to continue, or those who are now ready to test the water and get involved and above all enjoy the game.

Your commitment to joining San Luis BC would be needed BY 1st August with membership commencing 1st September. However by joining in July there would be no charge for August when bowling at San Luis.

For further information please contact the Club Captain – June Jones 966 188 920 or 691 903 773.

You can also check out our club website: www.sanluisbowls.byethost7.com

Sheila Cammack

LA SIESTA BOWLS CLUB BY ROD EDGERTON

The third match of the Ladies 4 wood pairs took place against Quesada and our ladies carried on the good work from last week and came away with a 5-0 win. Ann-Marie Stevenson & Pat Harman playing at home won 22-19 whilst Sue Mahomet and Sue Jordan were away and came away with a 15-13 win. With just two matches to go in this competition La Siesta are in a good position. Go Girls!!! Keep up the good work.

In the VCL League away against Vistabella Saxons the team only managed one win with Alan Barton beating Ian Kenyon in a nailbiting match winning by a single shot 21-20. Unfortunately this was our only win on the day but congratulation to our rinks team of Irene Laverick,Jean Hepehi,Dave Laverick and Jonnie Ball who managed 5 shots on the final end to cut the deficit in their match to 19-13.The overall result was a win for Vistabella by 106 shots to 73.

In the SABA League the Hornets were away to local rivals San Luis Hercules and the usual close contest took place. After 9 ends San Luis lead on 4 of the 6 rinks but a battling performance by the Hornets took the match down to the wire. Matches on 3 rinks being settled on the final end. For the Hornets the win by Ron Sheldon, Sid Gallup and John Ball being the most exciting and improbable as they were 5 shots behind with 3 ends remaining.

Sid Gallup played excellent running bowls and skip John Ball held firm to turn a one shot deficit on the penultimate end to a win by 19-18 at the death. Liz Comstock, John and Dawn Taylor managed a 16-11 win but they only held a 1 shot lead after 17 ends. The star on the final end was Liz who bowled three exceptional lead deliveries to take the pressure off. The Hornets did not have it all their own way on the other close match where Robin Harker for San Luis bowled a great wood to beat the Hornets Triple by a single shot.

Other good results on the day for The Hornets was the trio of Penny and John Porter with John Lincoln winning by 19 shots to 13 and Jean James, Irene Laverick and John Clarke who won 24-15. The overall match result was a 10-4 win for La siesta by 109 shots to 92.

The Wasps were at home to Vistabella Greeners the best rink for the Wasps was the trio of Sue Mahomet, Jim Hudson (thank you for standing in at the last minute) and Brian Fraser(first league bowls game for 2 years, welcome back) 22 – 10. Sheila Chorley,Vic Mahomet and Brian Harman won18-13 and our drawing rink Joy Gardiner,Irene Mangan and Sue Jordan 16-16. It was nip and tuck on 2 rinks , but overall a good performance. Shots for 110 against 106 points with the points shared 7 apiece.

LA MARINA REPORT BY BARRY LATHAM

The hat trick was on and we did it by beating another of the top three sides, this time it was at home against Vistabella Vikings. More the pleasing as we are still at the bottom of the league. The score was 10-4. The Parsons couldn’t keep up their romance and only Peter managed a win but it was 21-7. Dave Hadaway and Tom Spencer had a good win 19-9 after playing 21 ends. Barry Sadler, David Taylor, Roger Stacey and Dave O’Sullivan won a tight game by 18-16.

The most exciting ending was left for Captain Colin Armitage, Carol Smith and Lynne Armitage. Going into the last end one down, they picked up three to win by two. So it is left in our own hands to see if we can come last but one in the final game. Seats are going quickly so please book yours now !!!

Last game for the Pilots at home to Quesada Lancasters who unfortunately, from our point of view, bombed us out of sight. We lost 10-4 leaving us, I think, in third place. A good enough season though so well bowled to everyone especially our two winning rinks this week. Those of Mike Smith, Peter Bailey and Gina Hindle and Dave Hadaway, Arthur Cronk and Dave O’Sullivan who won 26-7. If you want a free pint ask Dave how his better half got on.

GREENLANDS BOWLS CLUB WITH DAVE WEBB

There was no VCL match this week as it was a bye, in the Levante Lawn Bowls Men’s pairs competition Dave Webb and Phil Lockley won a hard fought game against Derek Jiggins and John Rimmer at Country bowls. It all came down to the 18th end with Greenlands leading by 19 shots to 17, country bowls were in contention holding one with a measure for two, the measure favoured Greenlands ! just.

Final score 19 shots to Greenlands 18 shots against, so they will now proceed to the the semi-finals on the 8th September, In the South Alicante Hurricane Division, Gladiators were at home to Monte Mar Torreadors. Final scores were – Total shots for – 104. Against – 95. Points for – 8. Against – 6. Winning Rinks were — Jean Thompson, Jean Giddings, skip Dave Webb. – 33 shots to 6. Sheila Stead, Mary Lockley, skip Jim Oliver. – 26 shots to 15. Vic Young, Dave Giddings, skip Dave Thompson. – 20 shots to 10. A very pleasant game was enjoyed by all and nice to finish our last match with a well deserved win.

If you are considering leaving your present club at the end of this season then why not come to Greenlands Bowls Club. You can be assured of a warm welcome by our friendly team members, and play on one of the best surfaces around, so why not find out more by ringing Haley on 966844399.

EMERALD ISLE BOWLS CLUB

Wed seen the Dukes playing at home to San Miguel and they had a fine win to become league champions well the Dukes they won 10-4 aggregate of 103-90

Winners were C Lindgren 21-13, P Parkes R White J Mulloy 20-12, S Wickens J Westall D Close M Odell 22-15, M Whitelock K Jolliffe M Stacey S Westall 17-11

The Earls travelled to El Rancho and came away with a very respectable 6-8 defeat aggregate of 90-95, the winners were M Foulds 21-19, J Jarvis B Eldred J Mullarkey L Fisher 23-10, R Adams P Creswell G Dyer E Shepard 15-12

Friday brought Vistabella Greeners to the Isle and they went away winners bu 11-3 aggregate of 87-120, winners were E Morris B Eldred J Mullarkey 17-15, and a draw for R Adams R Fooks F King 16-16

Victors had a bye

ELWYN MORRIS

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Hyperallergic: A Brief History of the Art Collectives of NYC’s Chinatown

Working on the Wall of Respect for the Working People of Chinatown, 1977 (image courtesy of Tomie Arai)

Over the last months, concerned with the proliferation of galleries in Manhattan Chinatown, the Chinatown Art Brigade, W.O.W. Project, and Decolonize This Place have started a conversation about the link between galleries and displacement, and asked how arts workers might be responsible to their neighborhoods. While almost every New Yorker claims some connection to Chinatown — they’ve eaten in its dim sum halls, browsed its brightly-colored shops — very few have access to the neighborhood’s history, let alone its artistic legacies.

In fact, Chinatown has been the home to generations of radical organizers and artists, collectives, and movements that have demanded answers to the same questions organizers are asking today: Who gets to live in Chinatown, and under what social conditions? Will art reinforce existing power relations, or help us envision a neighborhood with room for a multigenerational, immigrant, working class population?

Without an understanding of Chinatown’s cultural movements, historical and current, we risk equating whiteness and gentrification with artistic creativity, and Asian immigrants and longstanding residents with victimhood. Below are some examples — but by no means a comprehensive list — of collectives, organizations, and artists that have defined the cultural life of modern Chinatown. In examining this history, we see that today’s artists and activists are not alone in fighting for a dynamic and inclusive arts ecology. Galleries and museums needn’t disrupt or distance themselves from a neighborhood in order to present art; indeed, the most vital art often grows out of connection to community and place.

Basement Workshop, 1970s (photograph by Henry Chu, A/P/A Institute at NYU Collection)

Up from the Basement

Around 1969, a loose collective of young people started to meet in a musty basement in Chinatown. All over the country, students were striking, picketing, and tossing out the term “Oriental” in favor of “Asian American.” Calling themselves “Basement Workshop,” these young people wanted to play a part in defining this idea of Asian American. Basement acted as an umbrella organization, a site where anyone with the interest and determination could organize cultural programs. They published the landmark Bridge magazine and the set of folios, Yellow Pearl. They ran a youth program, gathered resources(at that point very limited) on Asian American history , and offered silkscreening, choreography, photography, and film workshops.

Members of Basement trained for acts of civil disobedience demanding healthcare, jobs, and resources for communities of color, and printed flyers and pamphlets for those actions. Some who held Maoist politics thought Basement should go even further and become a revolutionary organization.

Many organizations in Chinatown and greater New York can trace their genesis to Basement Workshop, including the Museum of Chinese in America, Asian Cinevision, and the Asian American Arts Centre.

Walls of Respect

Founded by a group of idealistic, politically progressive artists, the Cityarts Workshop led a community mural revival in New York during the 1970s. Cityarts sponsored a string of murals around New York by and about communities of color; three of their projects focused on Chinese American narratives installed in Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Cityarts hired artist Alan Okada, who designed covers for Bridge magazine, to oversee producing the murals. The first, “History of Chinese Immigration to the United States” painted in 1972, was located on Chatham Square. It featured large faces of a family against a background showing railroad, garment, and mining work — the industries historically available to Chinese laborers. “Chinatown Today” (1973) illustrated the issues of gambling and sex work in Chinatown. It showed two young people walking down the middle of a street, tempted by those businesses on either side.

Wall of Respect for the Working People of Chinatown, 1977 (photograph by Leo London via flickr)

A third mural, a project directed by the artist Tomie Arai, called the “Wall of Respect for the Working People of Chinatown” (1977) occupied the side of the Music Palace theater at the corner of Bowery and Hester. Its title nodded to the socialist realist art of China and the USSR. The vertically-oriented mural depicted a dragon swerving through several vignettes of Chinese American labor experience: garment workers, a restaurant cook, and a calligrapher.

In addition to serving as beautification of empty buildings and educating residents on Chinese American history, the murals employed youth from Chinatown and the Lower East Side, where poverty, unemployment, and a dearth of social services were creating street violence and drug abuse. All three Chinatown murals were destroyed when the buildings that hosted them were redeveloped.

Flyer for CHINA: June 4, 1989 (image courtesy the Asian American Arts Centre)

A Space for Asian American Arts

Growing out of Basement Workshop and The Asian American Dance Theatre, the Asian American Arts Centre began exhibiting artists in 1982. Located on 20 Bowery, right across from Confucius Plaza and near the heart of historic Chinatown, it was one of the first spaces dedicated to showing and shaping Asian American visual arts.

One of their first events, in 1982, was a panel discussion on the definition of Asian American art. The panelists were David Diao, Margo Machida, Lucy Lippard, Lydia Okumura, Kit Yin Snyder, John Woo, and John Yau. In addition, twenty-one artists showed their work in a slide presentation. Their inaugural Open Studio exhibition, highlighting artists who worked in or near Chinatown, featured Kwok Mang Ho, Martin Wong, a young Ai Weiwei, and many others.

Asian American Dance Theatre Poster, 1970s (image courtesy of the collection of the Asian American Arts Centre)

Perhaps their best-known exhibition, developed as a response to the Tiananmen Square crackdown is China: June 4, 1989. Arts Centre director Bob Lee invited a range of artists, Asian American and non-Asian, to contribute. The focal point was a spiral of interlocking doorways, each designed by a different artist. In the early 1990s, the Arts Centre turned its attention to China, organizing From ‘Star Star’ to Avant Garde: 10 Artists from China in 1992, which included Wenda Gu, Xu Bing, Zhang Hongtu, and Huang Yongping.

The Arts Centre showed hundreds of artists before it closed its Bowery space in the early 2000s. Today, it maintains a physical and online archive of Asian American artists, and presents exhibitions at host venues.

Epoxy and The Frog King

Around the corner, on Mott Street, an artist from Hong Kong named Kwok Mang Ho, aka “Frog King,” opened his own Kwok Gallery. From 1982-84, it served as Kwok’s studio, residence, and an exhibition space — often for Kwok’s own work.

The Epoxy Group, 1982. From left to right: Jerry Kwan, Hsieh Lifa, Kwok Mang Ho, Bing Lee, Eric Chan, Kang L. Chung, Ming Fay (image courtesy the Asia Art Archive and Kwok Mang Ho)

Kwok Gallery also served as one of the meeting grounds for the Epoxy Art Group, also founded in 1982 by six male artists with ties to Hong Kong. In addition to Kwok, Epoxy included Ming Fay, Jerry Kwan, Bing Lee, Kang Lok Chung, and Eric Chan. The name referenced the group’s strong bond despite their unique styles and backgrounds. Their frenetic, humorous installations, which utilized assemblage, collage, and graffiti, were shown at the New Museum, the Arts Centre, and the Red Spot Outdoor Theater.

Godzilla Crosses Canal

Around 1989, a group of curators and artists began to meet for a “Tuesday Lunch Club,” often at restaurants in Chinatown, to talk about their goals and frustrations. Artists Bing Lee, Ken Chu, Arlan Huang, and Ik-Joong Kang, and curator and writer Margo Machida were early members.

Godzilla in 1991. Left to Right: Byron Kim, Bing Lee, Eugenie Tsai, Karin Higa, Arlan Huang, Margo Machida, Charles Yuen, Janet Lin, Helen Oji, Colin Lee, Tomie Arai; Front: Ken Chu and Garson Yu. (photograph by Tom Finkelpearl, courtesy of Tomie Arai)

In 1990, they took the name of the fearsome Japanese monster and founded the Godzilla Asian American Artists Network. Though founded through the connections and spaces of Chinatown, Godzilla took aim at the larger art world. And though several early members had been involved in Basement, the Arts Centre, or both, Godzilla made the choice not to become a non-profit. There was no paid staff, application, or admission process — they wanted to remain a responsive and open community.

In 1991, Godzilla wrote an open letter to the director of the Whitney Museum criticizing its ongoing failure to present Asian American artists. The Whitney responded by inviting them to show slides to their curators. One Godzilla member, Byron Kim, showed his iconic “Synecdoche” paintings in the 1993 Whitney Biennial. Another member, Eugenie Tsai, was appointed curator at the Whitney in 1994, where she organized many exhibitions featuring artists of color, including one of Godzilla members Tomie Arai and Lynne Yamamoto.

“Synecdoche” (1991-present) by Byron Kim; seen here in the 1993 Whitney Biennial (photo by Dennis Cowley)

Godzilla also mounted exhibitions. For example, The New World Order III: The Curio Shop at Artists Space in 1993 used the Chinatown store as a visual reference. For the 1998 Urban Encounters at the New Museum, they created the installation “From Basement to Godzilla” reflecting upon their own genesis. Many of the artists also spoke directly on political issues: Godzilla members created a window installation in 1992 on the murdered Chinese American auto worker Vincent Chin, and collaborated with the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (now CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities) on a mural in Union Square.

After its early triumphs, Godzilla’s membership ballooned — a 1997 grant report listed listed 231 members — and grew to include more South Asian and Southeast Asian artists. In 2001, with many members feeling that Godzilla had accomplished its mission, the collective disbanded. It was succeeded by another collective, Godzookie, made up of a younger, transnational group of artists and curators, which lasted for several years.

Living Chinatown

Each generation of artists that found a home or inspiration in Chinatown since the 1960s shaped, and was shaped by, the particular conditions of that era. In the 1960s and ’70s, Chinatown was a site of foment. Young activists urged the neighborhood to rise against its historic oppressors, creating agitprop and bold visual statements that eliminated the line between art and activism. In the 1980s, a new wave of diasporic Chinese artists found in Chinatown a halfway haven, a familiar niche embedded within cosmopolitan New York. In the 1990s and 2000s, a younger generation ofAsian American artists built upon and expanded those Chinatown networks as they brought activism into the art world.

With this context, it’s clear that the new galleries of Chinatown are not “bringing” art to the neighborhood — culture has grown and flourished there for decades. As the Museum of Chinese in America continues to creates a nexus for Chinese diasporic art, and organizations like CAAAV and the Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association advocate for tenants’ and worker’s rights, the future of Chinatown is an open question. Rising rents are only the manifestation of larger forces — inequality, art-washing, and elitism among them — bearing down on the neighborhood. And as with generations before, today’s socially-engaged artists and art workers will use creativity and political organizing to alter, not just accept, these social realities.

For more on Asian American arts collectives, read Alexandra Chang’s Envisioning Diaspora.

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