Winter Solstice Handshake event with Rene Yung and Ashima Kaul.
Saturday, December 21st, 2–4 PM
SFArtsED gallery at 1275 Minnesota Street.
Marking the divide between the shortest day of the year and the return of light, artist Rene Yung will be in conversation with Ashima Kaul, peacebuilding expert, and founder/director of Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network, a non-profit youth and women-led social innovation for peacebuilding. Their discussion will cover cross-cultural takes on the significance of the Winter Solstice in Chinese Taoism, Kashmiri culture, and beyond, addressing various forms of polarization occurring in our world today. The event will open and close with prompt-based handshake activities as part of Rene Yung’s installation “Between You and Me” which is featured in the Truthtellers exhibition currently on view in the gallery.
Yung’s installation “Between You and Me” is a growing library of handshakes. Guests are invited to shake hands across a dividing line, holding in the palms of their hands a malleable piece of clay which captures the imprint of their handshake. This imprint, unique to each handshake, is the three-dimensional shape of a moment shared between two people in the basic gesture of greeting and symbolic trust.
This event is free for all ages.
1275 Minnesota St America/New_York public
Winter Solstice Handshake Event
Winter Solstice Handshake event with Rene Yung and Ashima Kaul.
Saturday, December 21st, 2–4 PM
SFArtsED gallery at 1275 Minnesota Street.
Marking the divide between the shortest day of the year and the return of light, artist Rene Yung will be in conversation with Ashima Kaul, peacebuilding expert, and founder/director of Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network, a non-profit youth and women-led social innovation for peacebuilding. Their discussion will cover cross-cultural takes on the significance of the Winter Solstice in Chinese Taoism, Kashmiri culture, and beyond, addressing various forms of polarization occurring in our world today. The event will open and close with prompt-based handshake activities as part of Rene Yung’s installation “Between You and Me” which is featured in the Truthtellers exhibition currently on view in the gallery.
Yung’s installation “Between You and Me” is a growing library of handshakes. Guests are invited to shake hands across a dividing line, holding in the palms of their hands a malleable piece of clay which captures the imprint of their handshake. This imprint, unique to each handshake, is the three-dimensional shape of a moment shared between two people in the basic gesture of greeting and symbolic trust.
This event is free for all ages.