Performing Southeast Asia (September 8, 2022–May 13, 2023) Exhibition Opening Reception and Performance<br/><br/>Thursday, Sept. 8<br/><br/>4:30 p.m. Gallery opens<br/><br/>5:00 p.m. Radical Verses of Hmong Revitalization, performance by Tou SaiK Lee<br/><br/>6:00 p.m. Reception and tours<br/><br/> <br/><br/>From popular music to traditional dance, this exhibit collaboration between the Pick Museum of Anthropology and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies considers the role of performance in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Burma and responds to the question, what does performance do? Through examples ranging from rap in Thailand to shadow puppets in Indonesia, this exhibit demonstrates how performance connects people through a sense of belonging, is used to educate or support health and healing, and can challenge political structures and social practices. While many of the perfor
CSEAS Fall Lecture Series: Tou SaiK Lee<br/><br/>MA candidate in Southeast Asian Studies<br/><br/>University of Wisconsin Madison<br/><br/><br/>Title: "Hmong Indigenous Revitalization with Rhythm and Poetry"<br/><br/><br/>Campus Life 100<br/><br/><br/>Tou SaiK’s presentation will be delivered through diasporic storytelling, rhythmic expressions of cultural roots and performances of resistance. Lee speaks of his journey to understand his cultural identity through the intergenerational performance duo with his late great grandma Youa Chang and relearning his native language through the music of Hip Hop. Song lyrics that call for disenfranchised Hmong populations to collectively advocate for basic human rights, be rooted in tradition and awareness of a lack of access for opportunities. The Hmong narrative of surviving oppressive societies has a strong connection not just to the music but to the messa