[BCMA] “Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver” Exhibition explorASIAN 2016

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

For immdiate release

Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society and 

Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver presents



“Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver” Exhibition

explorASIAN 2016



During explorASIAN 2016 Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society will present “Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver", an interactive photographic exhibition celebrating the past and present of exchange and multiculturalism.  The exhibition will be on view at the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum located at 555 Columbia Street Vancouver B.C. V6A 4H5 during April 17 – May 31, 2016 Tuesday – Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm. Admission by donation.



Societies connect, change, and adapt thanks to the networks we naturally create. The ancient silk routes that connected Asia and the European continent opened doors to trade, new ideas, migration, and sometimes conflicts.  Even when emperors ordered to build walls, and sent armies to control these exchanges, beliefs and culture trickled through sandy deserts, oases, and oceans.  



Traveling the Silk Routes then was not easy; it required skill, strength, and the ability to negotiate. The world today has shrunk and what used to take months or even years to reach a destination is now a finger click away.  Fast internet and web networks have made our exchanges so easy that we barely think about the past, but the legacy of the ancient trading ways, echoes in our everyday lives helping us interact better, and more than ever in today’s world.  



“Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver” will portray visual examples of spaces and commercial networks in Asia and Vancouver, connecting the ancient routes to our modern life.  It will give us the opportunity to find more about Asian cultures in local spaces here in Vancouver. It promises to be a photographic caravan that will open our imagination and tickle our curiosity to find some interesting places and exchanges right here in Vancouver.   - Leticia Sanchez, curator

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Media contact:

Toni Zhang McAfee

(604) 658-8883  museum at cccvan.com



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