{"id":6008,"date":"2023-05-07T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6008"},"modified":"2023-05-07T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:18:29","slug":"swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/","title":{"rendered":"SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS &#8211; Exhibition by Karen Tam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Artist-in-Residence program, the McCord Stewart Museum presents the exhibition <strong><em>Swallowing Mountains<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>multidisciplinary artist Karen Tam<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>tribute to the women of Montreal\u2019s Chinatown from the 19th to the 20th centuries<\/strong>. In this immersive installation, you will discover objects from the\u00a0<a title=\"Collections and Research\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/collections\/\">Museum\u2019s collection<\/a>, works created by the artist, objects belonging to members of the Chinatown community, and photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition explores the\u00a0<strong>relative silence in public records and historical accounts of women in Montreal\u2019s Chinatown<\/strong>\u00a0in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the\u00a0<strong>discrepancy between the historical attraction to chinoiseries and Japanism and the reality of Chinese women<\/strong>\u00a0living in Canada since the late 19th century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the\u00a0<em>Chinese Immigration Act<\/em>, which banned virtually all forms of Chinese immigration to Canada<\/strong>. This policy, combined with a head tax, led to a strong imbalance in the proportion of women within Chinese Canadian communities, who were prohibited from joining their husbands there.\u00a0<strong>Despite their under-representation in the early 19th and 20th centuries, Chinese women\u2019s contribution to Chinatown\u2019s vitality and economy was considerable<\/strong>. The exhibition\u00a0<em>Swallowing Mountains<\/em>\u00a0thus pays homage to the many contributions of women who have lived and worked in the neighborhood over the past century and a half.<\/p>\n<h2><em>SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The title of the exhibition\u00a0<strong>refers to the name that the first waves of immigrants from China gave to Canada, Gold Mountain<\/strong>, in reference to the gold rush and the opportunity to make a fortune in Canada. Over time, the gold mountains of Canada\u2019s El Dorado also became synonymous with the separation of families.\u00a0<em>Swallowing Mountains\u00a0<\/em>becomes a\u00a0<strong>metaphor symbolizing the need to swallow, one kilometre at a time, the immense distance that separates loved ones in order to reunite them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mccord-stewart_exposition_karen-tam_avaler-les-montagnes_1200x800-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6024 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mccord-stewart_exposition_karen-tam_avaler-les-montagnes_1200x800-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Artist-in-Residence program, the McCord Stewart Museum presents the exhibition Swallowing Mountains\u00a0by\u00a0multidisciplinary artist Karen Tam, a\u00a0tribute to the women of Montreal\u2019s Chinatown from the 19th to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-6008","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS - Exhibition by Karen Tam - Centenaire d\u2019Exclusion des Chinois<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS - Exhibition by Karen Tam - Centenaire d\u2019Exclusion des Chinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of its Artist-in-Residence program, the McCord Stewart Museum presents the exhibition Swallowing Mountains\u00a0by\u00a0multidisciplinary artist Karen Tam, a\u00a0tribute to the women of Montreal\u2019s Chinatown from the 19th to the&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Centenaire d\u2019Exclusion des Chinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mccord-stewart_exposition_karen-tam_avaler-les-montagnes_1200x800-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/\",\"name\":\"SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS - Exhibition by Karen Tam - Centenaire d\u2019Exclusion des Chinois\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-07T22:18:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-07T22:18:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/event\/swallowing-mountains-exhibition-by-karen-tam\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00c9v\u00e8nements\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chineseexclusioncentenary.ca\/fr\/events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SWALLOWING MOUNTAINS &#8211; 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