"We Are Hapa" - more press coverage about the kip fulbeck exhibition

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Submitted by vkm on Tue, 06/13/2006 - 22:41.

Hurray! Discover Nikkei was mentioned in this article for the Rafu Shimpo about the kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa exhibition. Interestingly, one of the Rafu's staff members participated in the Hapa Project and her photo is included with the article.

We Are Hapa
Saturday, June 10, 2006

New photo exhibit at JANM explores ideas of identity and ethnicity.

GWEN MURANAKA /Rafu Shimpo

Photographs of individuals of multiracial heritage and their responses to the most common question asked of people of mixed-race background—“What are you?”—comprises the heart of the art exhibition, “kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa,” set to open at the Japanese American National Museum this Thursday.

Three years ago, Fulbeck, an award-winning filmmaker and artist, began photographing multiracial individuals around the country. The photographs are all taken the same way–from the collarbone up, without clothing, jewelry, glasses, makeup, or even purposeful expression.

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