Event Recap: Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational Reconstructions of Erased Communities of Color
Jeffrey Yoo Warren, a Korean American artist-educator, community scientist, illustrator, researcher, and Library of Congress 2023 Innovator in Residence, presented his project “Seeing Providence Chinatown” at the 1882 Foundation’s Talk Story event on Sunday, July 23. “Seeing Providence Chinatown” is a virtual reconstruction of the since-destroyed Chinatown in Providence RI. To recreate the space, Yoo Warren examined archival photographs, built 3D architectural models of the streetscape, and designed a virtual environment. He explained that Chinatowns and other ethnic enclaves are often not the focus of…