{"id":14746,"date":"2020-10-14T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T22:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=14746"},"modified":"2020-10-14T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T22:31:17","slug":"archiving-asian-canadian-stories-with-quarantine-qapsule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/archiving-asian-canadian-stories-with-quarantine-qapsule\/","title":{"rendered":"Archiving Asian-Canadian stories with Quarantine Qapsule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quarantine Qapsule (QQ) is a digital archive of the Asian Canadian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. QQ is accepting submissions until Oct. 23 from Asian-Canadians who are over 18 and living in Ontario. The project believes that art is created anywhere in any style and submissions are meant to be a low-stakes opportunity for creative expression. Participants can send a video, music, or visual art and receive a $50 honorarium for their contribution. Once submissions close, the capsule will be curated by grassroots organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myteabase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tea Base<\/a> and housed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/myseumoftoronto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myseum Toronto<\/a> website. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myseumoftoronto.com\/programming\/quarantine-qapsule-mentorship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">QQ mentorship program<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myseumoftoronto.com\/programming\/quarantine-qapsule-archiving-asian-canadian-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">panel discussion<\/a> that complement the archive. CJRU spoke with some of the folks making QQ happen, creator Nightingale Nguyen and Tea Base\u2019s co-creative director Christie Carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-14746 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/13_23-copy-2\/'><img width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13_23-copy-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Christie Carriere\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14751\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14751'>\n\t\t\t\t\tChristie Carri\u00e8re\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/nightingale-mk-8-2\/'><img width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nightingale-MK-8-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Nightingale Nguyen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nightingale-MK-8-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nightingale-MK-8-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nightingale-MK-8-215x215.jpg 215w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nightingale-MK-8.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14749'>\n\t\t\t\t\tNightingale Nguyen\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>QQ is focused on stories of resilience, hope, and self-discovery. Nguyen says the idea for the archive was born out of frustrations with the recent violence and stereotypes towards Asian communities. She wanted to challenge the dangerous narratives associating Asian communities with COVID-19. The Toronto-based performer says she never thought she would be leading a project like this. Nguyen expected a notable organization or celebrity to launch a project like QQ because the need seemed so obvious to her. She reached out to Tea Base when she wasn\u2019t seeing that kind of digital archive emerge. Not long after that, Myseum Toronto got involved. Myseum presents engaging programs and experiences that showcase Toronto\u2019s history, spaces, culture(s), architecture, and people.<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen and Carri\u00e8re both expressed concern around the erasure of Asian narratives in the retelling of the COVID-19 pandemic. They explain that QQ allows today\u2019s Asian-Canadians to speak for themselves and for their stories to exist alongside historical representations of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such a huge, pivotal, historical moment in our life. It\u2019s going to be written about it in our history books \u2026 We have to question, who\u2019s going to be recording this? \u201d Nguyen adds.<\/p>\n<p>Nyugen\u2019s collaborator, Tea Base, is an art space located in Toronto\u2019s Chinatown. Carri\u00e8re says a lot of their work before the pandemic was focused on bringing people together through community programming. For most of 2020, Tea Base has been evolving and working on digital projects such as QQ. Carri\u00e8re says the move online has brought new opportunities when it comes to community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d really like to build bridges between, not just Chinatowns, but any Asian-Canadian communities. If you\u2019re that one Asian kid in an all white town and you come across this project through this virtual universe, you still belong in the Asian community whether or not you live in Chinatown,\u201d Carri\u00e8re adds.<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen and Carri\u00e8re ultimately hope that QQ humanizes the Asian community to the broader Canadian community. At the same time, they hope fellow Asian-Canadians can find joy and healing in the archive\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the archive and make a submission, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myseumoftoronto.com\/programming\/quarantine-qapsule-call-for-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><br \/>\nTo hear more from Nightingale Nguyen and Christie Carriere, listen to the interview below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarantine Qapsule (QQ) is a digital archive of the Asian Canadian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. QQ is accepting submissions until Oct. 23 from Asian-Canadians who are over 18 and living in Ontario. 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