Afterimages is a Salem 400+ exhibition that kicks off on 8/27 and runs to 9/17. On 8/29, there will be a Panel Discussion at the PEM from 2-4pm with Harvard Professor Erika Lee, MA Tribe VP Thomas Green and Sarah Kanouse, an interdisciplinary artist and writer.
In a discussion for the North Shore AAPI Coalition’s Salem 400+ exhibition, Afterimages: Retracing BIPOC Histories, director Rachel TonThat speaks with Erika Lee, Thomas Green and Sarah Kanouse on the gap between written records and living memory, and how regions and communities preserve and pass down history in ways that often differ, particularly in tone, from official archives. Sharing their own experiences, panelists will discuss how oral tradition, community projects and grassroots organizing can help shape a fuller, more accurate picture of the past.