The weekend of September 7th and 8th, 2024 is the 117th anniversary of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver. Artist and author, Henry Tsang will be marking the anniversary with two events across the weekend: a revival of his RIOT FOOD HERE pop-up food art project on the 7th and a 360 Riot Walk interactive walking tour on the 8th. RIOT FOOD HERE will be hosted by the Chinese Canadian Museum and the 360 Riot Walk will be hosted by Powell Street Festival Society. To find more information about and purchase tickets for RIOT FOOD HERE, please see the bottom of the page.
Register for the last 360 Riot Walk tour of the year!
Sunday, September 8, 11:30am | $15-20
Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (487 Alexander St)
Registration required through TicketTailor. Tickets are available to purchase below.
About 360 Riot Walk
360 Riot Walk is an interactive walking tour by artist Henry Tsang that utilizes 360 video technology to tell the story of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver. It traces the history and route of the mob that attacked the Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities following the demonstration and parade organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League in Vancouver. Participants are brought into the social and political environment of the time where racialized communities were targeted through legislation as well as physical acts of exclusion and violence. The soundtrack is available in four languages of the local residents of the period: English, Cantonese, Japanese, and Punjabi.
Please allocate approximately 3 hours for the entire experience. The tour is approximately two hours in length, followed by a post-tour reflection where refreshments will be served. Sterilized tablets and headphones will be provided. Maximum 10 participants per tour.
360 Riot Walk is an artwork by local artist Henry Tsang whose projects explore the spatial politics of history, language, community, food, and cultural translation in relationship to place. His artworks employ video, photography, language, interactive media, food, and convivial events in the form of gallery exhibitions, public art, pop-up street food offerings, curated dinners, and more. Henry teaches at Emily Carr University of Art & Design.
This guided tour is hosted by the Powell Street Festival Society in partnership with the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Chinese Canadian Museum with support from Vancity, City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.
In commemoration of the 117th anniversary of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, artist and author Henry Tsang will be reviving his RIOT FOOD HERE pop-up food art project. Chef Karima Chellouf will be interpreting the original menu that reflects five cuisines of the people in the area at the time of the riot: European, Chinese, Japanese, Indigenous and Punjabi.
RIOT FOOD HERE was installed in 4 locations over 4 weekends in May and June 2018. These sites track the route taken by the Asiatic Exclusion League’s parade and demonstration demanding a White Canada, inciting a mob that attacked Chinatown and Powell Street for the following two days. The project launched with a walking tour led by Michael Barnholden, author of Reading the Riot Act: A Brief History of Riots in Vancouver, which inspired Henry to create 360 Riot Walk, a 360 video walking tour of the 1907 riots, which in turn further developed and expanded into the recently released book, WHITE RIOT: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023).
Henry will reflect on his motivations and experiences in creating and presenting RIOT FOOD HERE, as well as 360 Riot Walk and White Riot, accompanied by the food offerings. Larger portions will be served because it will be dinnertime.
This is a ticketed event, tickets are extremely limited and cost $55 for general admission and $50 for CCM annual pass holders. Purchasing link: https://chinesecanadianmuseum.ticketing.veevartapp.com/tickets/view/list/riot-food-here
