APICC is proud to present groundwater/chikasui 地下水 at GENERATIONS OF POWER, an outdoor showcase of performances taking place at Japantown Peace Plaza and Buchanan Mall on May 14th.
she considers old armor: it’s heavy and rusted.
now, she’s a fish with strong tail.
groundwater/chikasui 地下水 is a site-specific ritual intervention offered by a local daughter of frisco japantown. to what and to whom haven’t we listened in our indigenous lineages and in the lineages indigenous to the land we now call home, yelamu? there is much we lose when we dampen down feeling for generations. the earth is full of feeling, and we have always been earth. this ritual prayer punctures through the illusion of order in a world founded upon imperial violence. let us risk our composure, for the treasure of reuniting with this living web of life. with our dancing bodies, our song, our taiko drumming, our offerings–we tell the eros, the anger, the sorrow, you are welcome here too. without you, we are not whole. let us practice being whole together, so that we can offer the gift of our wholeness to a fragmented world.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
tashi tamate weiss
Kai Gruezo
Katherine Tom
ABOUT THE ARTIST PRODUCER
tashi is a storyweaver and energy worker of japanese, euro-jewish, and cosmic lineages. their work with words, movement, music, and film bends genre/space/time, moving fluidly between the mundane and the mystical. tashi’s work focuses on recovering ancestral cosmologies, healing from cultural assimilation, and reclaiming the fullness of our souls. @tamate.uta
TICKETS
This program is part of a larger showcase of performances taking place at Japantown Peace Plaza.
FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
12:00-12:15 Opening Introductions & Announcements
12:15-1:00PM Sugilanon by Caroline Cabading & The Autonomous Region
1:00-1:50PM Love & Unity: Asian American Choreographer's Showcase curated by Claudine Naganuma
1:50-2:40PM “Seh Kui: Community is In the Heart” by The Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol Quartet
2:40-2:55PM Return of the Sun by First Voice
2:55-3:20PM Youth Rising by Leela Youth Dance Company
After this, please join us in crossing the street (Post St) to Buchanan Mall for the next performance:
3:30-4:00PM groundwater/chikasui 地下水 by tashi tamate weiss (Across Post St at Buchanan Mall)
Attendance is free and open to the public. Let us know you're going:
1610 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States
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The Japantown Peace Plaza is wheelchair accessible. 
ASL interpretation will be available for the duration of the event.
In an effort to raise awareness about the ongoing pandemic, onsite COVID-19 testing will be available to those who choose to avail of it. Kindly stay home if you are feeling unwell or if you have had possible COVID-19 exposure. Vaccines, face masks and social distancing are strongly encouraged. Let's continue to keep each other safe.
If you require any special accommodations or assistance, please let us know by filling out the accommodation question when you register or email us at [email protected].
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