International Arrivals – Details, episodes & analysis

International Arrivals speaks with artist Hangama Amiri (Afghanistan/Canada) (http://www.hangamaamiri.com/) about her work that incorporates painting and textiles to memorialize her diasporic experience and elevate women’s spaces, voices, and experiences. Her journey has had many stops from Peshawar to Kabul, Halifax to New Haven. Amiri discusses glittery fabrics, life in the bazaar, and women’s roles in Afghan culture.

International Arrivals speaks with ceramic artist Michelle Im (Korea/USA) (https://ratxchicks.club)about her work that explores themes of home, displacement, and cultural identity. Her whimsical recent work focuses on the figure of the flight attendant, which she associates with a sense of home. She also explores the tradition of Korean ceramics, particularly moon jars, to symbolize her dual cultural identity. Im's work often incorporates humor and messiness, reflecting her personal experiences and the complexities of her heritage.

International Arrivals in conversation with Korean-Canadian artist David Khang (www.davidkhang.com) about the military and migration, language slippage, wrong places, dentistry, and the law.

International Arrivals speaks with Belarus-American artist Alina Bluimis (https://www.alinabliumis.com/) about the her series Bruises, Tips for New Americans, and her upcoming opening at Situations Gallery in New York’s Lower East Side. 

International Arrivals speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist Rana Nazzal Hamadeh (https://www.rananazzal.com/) about the idea of home, loss and the power of imagination. 

International Arrivals talks with Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist Erika Harrsch (https://www.erikaharrsch.com/) about her path to the United States, ideas of home and rooting. Listen to her elaborate on her recent projects about borders and the notion of belonging. 

International Arrivals speaks with artist Christhian C. Diaz Silva (Colombia/USA) (https://christhiandiaz.com/) about his recent performance at Movement Research and his path from cleaning offices with his mother to his life as an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and legal immigration advocate.

International Arrivals speaks with performance artist Natacha Voilakovsky (Argentina/USA)(https://natachavoliakovsky.com/) about her move to the US and how she uses the materials of her body in her work as a symbol of social struggle, power, and control.