Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of al ienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families\, each want s to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity\, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City\, their fortu nes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist\, pushing the bo undaries of the form while socializing with the city's artistic and financ ial elite. Jackie Ong works at tech start-ups during the early dotcom era\ , as the internet's egalitarian promise is tested against its rampant mone tization. Ellen Ng\, a community activist\, fights against gentrification overwhelming the city's neighborhoods. Their chosen paths separate them\, but their friendship sustains and challenges them across huge divides of c lass\, status\, and worldview. Decades later\, their sense of what is poss ible has changed\, mutating against the hardscrabble realities of work and love. Moving from the 1980s to the 2040s\, spanning multiple eras of a ch anging New York City\, Memory Piece explores the roles of art\, friendship \, and creativity in self-preservation\, chronicling three women as they s trive to find value in a radically different world than the one they were promised. Ambitious\, visionary\, and intellectually playful\, Memory Piec e asks how we define a good life\, individually and collectively\, and und erstanding what we do about the direction our society is headed--where do we go from here?
\nQuestions? Contact \;paigeb@deschuteslibrary.org\,&n bsp\;541-617-7078
\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/16437706 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dpl.libnet.info/event/16437706 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/dpl/Memory_piece_fiction.j pg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR