Public Art
Un-monument | Re-monument | De-monument: Transforming Boston
Pao Arts Center is thrilled to be a curatorial partner of the City of Boston’s Un-monument, Re-monument, De-Monument: Transforming Boston. Alongside Boston Public Art Triennial, Emerson Contemporary, National Center of Afro-American Artists, North American Indian Center of Boston Chief of Arts and Culture, the Center's public art activations will reflect on whose stories are included or excluded in Boston's narratives.
Pao Arts Center will share a series of temporary public art and performance place-based projects and events that celebrate Chinatown as a neighborhood, cultural hub, and monument within the City. Each public intervention will showcase and uplift underrepresented Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) voices and consider how public art can inspire residents, visitors, and artists to engage in these efforts.
by Sheila Novak, Cass Li, and Wen-hao Tien with project support from Maria Fong
by Joanna Tam
by Jennifer Duan, Stephanie Li, and
Katelyn Lipton
by Ecosistema Urbano
Public Art Community Review Panel
About the Curator
Lani Asunción (they/she)
Lani Asunción is a Filipinx interdisciplinary artist who uses multimedia technologies and research to create socially conscious work that explores aspects of cultural identity and climate change in the form of public art and performance. Asunción’s current project SONG/LAND/SEA: WAI Water Warning is a public sculpture installation commissioned by the Rose Kennedy Greenway on view from 2024 until Fall 2025, supported by a 2024 MOAC Neighborhood Activation Grant and 2024-25 Expanding Massachusetts Stories Climate Track Grant from Mass Humanities.
Photo credit: Sasha Pedro
About the Project
The Un-monument initiative is presented by Pao Arts Center, curated by Lani Asunción, in collaboration with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture brought to you by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
