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Supporting the Arts

From my lovely and extraordinarily talented friend Kate.

dear all,

i am working on a very very important art interventionist project about
birth family search in corea, a project that is extremely individual,
yet having the potential of impacting adoption practices and
challenging traditional methods of search. my budget is about $7,000+
and i’ve applied to 3 funding organizations already and am in the
process of applying to several more. i also need your help.

if you are willing and able to donate to my project, your donation is
tax deductible. please ask me how!
anything above $100 will receive a limited edition poster (used in the
project) signed by me. anything over $300 will receive a poster and
dvd of the project when it’s completed: projected 2007. all will be
listed on my website and video documentary as a donator/sponsor.
even 10 bucks makes a difference, truly.

title of project:
Artistic Intervention: Search for the Missing Family in Corea

summary of project:
I propose to travel to Seoul, Corea for the purposes of working on an
artistic interventionist project that focuses on raising an awareness
of the plight of overseas adopted Coreans who return to Corea to do a
birth family search. The format will focus on a very significant action
on the date that I was born and will be documented through video,
photography, and sound becoming components of a website and a video
that will encourage, inspire and incite change.

i am also speaking about this project in april 2005 at MSU: Asian
American Women’s Conference. i am available for speaking engagements,
workshops, and conferences.

please hear my request for help and email me if you have any
questions/want to read the entire proposal or if you would like to
contribute. Or if you might know someone else who is interested,
please forward.

thanks,

kate hers

kate hers, artist/activist/educator
upcoming new website: www.katehers.comnew email: katehers@gmail.com

Is “Corea” spelled right? Shouldn’t it be “Korea”? Takes a bit away from the credibility of the project…

Some Coreans would argue that “Corea” is the correct spelling. As far as I know, English is the only language where they spell it with a K.

More info on the issue here: http://www.medeasin.com/coreaspelling.htm

Since it’s being advertised, it would be nice if there was something at the upcoming web site, though.

looking forward to reading more when the website becomes live… searching for my birthparents has always been at the back of my mind, though I don’t think I would actually want to go through with it.

Ah, didn’t know that. Learn something new everyday. =D