Residence Lab

Residence Lab (ResLab) is an innovative residency by Pao Arts Center and the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) that empowers artists and residents to collectively preserve Boston’s Chinatown through creative and artistic activation of underutilized sites in the neighborhood. 

居民与艺术 (Residence Lab, 又名ResLab) 是包氏文艺中心和亚美社区发展协会 (ACDC) 的创新社区艺术项目。该项目通过富有创造力的活动来激活唐人街附近未充分利用的场地，使艺术家与居民齐心协力利用艺术维护波士顿唐人街。

Through co-learning and co-creation, artists and Chinatown residents partner together to create site-specific art installations that uplift the narratives, culture, and character of Chinatown’s residents. 

By providing artists and residents the resources to reimagine the possibilities for underutilized spaces in Chinatown, ResLab fosters participants’ sense of agency and collective care for these spaces and the Chinatown neighborhood at large. 

通过共同学习和共同创作，艺术家和唐人街居民合作，创造地点相关的艺术装置。这些装置将激活唐人街的公共空间，并且衬托出了唐人街居民的故事、文化和特征。

 ResLab 为艺术家和居民提供资源，以重新构想唐人街未充分利用空间的可能性，并通过这样做，培养参与者对这些空间和整个唐人街社区的责任感和集体关怀。

The program underscores the cultural, social, and language capital that already exists in Boston’s Chinatown when there is space for intentional partnerships and creative interventions. Particularly in a time of aggressive gentrification, the recognition of these sources of community power is essential for the preservation and well-being of the Chinatown neighborhood.

该项目强调了波士顿唐人街已经存在的文化、社会和语言资本，这些资本因为ResLab项目给的空间和合作机会所以突出。尤其是在一个激进的贵族化时代，对这些社区权力来源的认知对于唐人街社区的保护和福祉至关重要。

Since its inception in 2019, ResLab has produced Oasis (2019), Portal (2020), and Collective Care (2021). The 2022 ResLab theme is Radical Inclusion.

自 2019 年成立以来，ResLab 已经制作了 “绿洲” (Oasis, 2019)、“传送门”(Portal, 2020) 和“集体关怀” (Collective Care, 2021)。ResLab 2022年的主题是“激进的包容” (Radical Inclusion)。