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Maria the Korean Bride: 50 Weddings/ 50 Husbands

Performance artist Maria Yoon is a first generation Korean-American who calls herself 'the voice of the unmarried Asian-American woman.' Feeling, like many single women of a certain age, a growing pressure to wed, Maria decides to take matrimony to the next level. Becoming Maria the Korean Bride, she gets married in all fifty states, exploring the institution of marriage in cross-cultural perspective. Her nine-year journey engages volunteer participants who are actual reverends, photographers, and bachelors, and culminates in a ceremony held in Times Square, NYC. 

Followed by discussion with Maria Yoon

Maria Yoon is a Korean-born artist who lives and works in New York City. She holds a BFA from Cooper Union. Maria is a recipient of the Alex Katz Tuition Award and a summer residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Maria the Korean Bride has been funded in part by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NYC Cultural Affairs, Asian Women Giving Circle and Franklin Furnace amongst others. Her journey across America has received significant attention from Korean and pan-Asian American communities, as well as from institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art. For more please visit: www.mariayoon.com.

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(Maria Yoon / 2012 / USA / English and Korean / 75 minutes)

Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 7:00 pm
Charles B. Wang Center's Theatre

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