{"id":605,"date":"2020-05-04T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2020-05-11T20:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:14:01","slug":"kai-luen-liang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/kai-luen-liang\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Luen Liang"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kai Luen Liang<\/h1>\n\t\t
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MFA 2 - Music<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n
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Flag ASMR<\/h3>\n
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“On Sept 11th, 2001 I watched the twin towers falling with my father. Glued to the TV. A silent demolition. An American reality TV show. In the weeks that followed, I started to see American flags everywhere. Especially from immigrants of all colors, flying the flag out of a sense of fear of appearing to be on the wrong side.<\/p>\n

The sound of the twin towers falling in my memory is silent. Filmed from far away. As the second plane hit, there was no sound on TV. I heard the sound via the sound of my own heart beating and the breath of the newscaster trying to be as professional as possible as they had to report a major catastrophe in real time, live in front of the world.<\/p>\n

Flag ASMR is the attempt to recall a memory. An attempt to close a schism caused by a fear of the lines people cross and the fears of uncertainty, harm, and danger. What is the sound of a silent memory. The sound of it being touched, taken apart, and reordered.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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