Kwong Lee Interview Part 1 (00:00:00- 00:10:29:727)

Location(s) in the hierarchy

Records of the HLF Oral History Project ➔ Recordings ➔ Kwong Lee

Information

Type

Archival Record

Identifier

GB3451/OCOX101-001.XME.1

Other Identifiers

OCOX101-001.XME.1 (local reference number)

Date(s)

2017 Aug 04 (was creation date of)

Record Resource Extent

6.2 MB

Scope and Content

Part one of an oral history interview with Kwong Lee covering his immigrant experience and his first memories of Manchester Chinatown and the Chinese Art Centre on Charlotte Street. 
  • 00:00:00 Introducton: family moved to the UK from Hong Kong (1977); move to Manchester (1993);
  • 00:00:47 Relatonship between his story and Chinatown in Manchester;
    • 00:00:47 First visits to Manchester/Chinatown. Visited brother studying at University of Manchester; first visit to Chinatown to deliver applicaton for Chinese Art Centre exhibiton as graduate from University of Leeds & applying for job as Centre Attendant;
    • 00:03.03 Memories of Manchester artist Edmond To
    • 00:05:53 Memories of work for the Chinese Art Centre from 1992 frst as an artist and then staff member;
    • 00:06:29 Role of the Centre Attendant at the Chinese Art Centre
  • 00:07:20 Memories of the Chinese Art Centre on Charlote street
    • 00:07:20 Venue at 36 Charlotte Street
    • 00:09:06 Aspects of the work of the Chinese Art Centre; embraced traditional and contemporary art forms; staff roles at the Centre.
       

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Related Information

People and Organisations

Lee, Kwong, (b.1969), art director ; esea contemporary (1987-) ; esea contemporary (1987-) ; Hee, Wendy ; To, Edmond, artist

Places

Manchester

Events

Beyond The Chinese Takeaway, various artists, 1992 May 29 - 1992 Sep 16

Keywords & Terms

Online ; audio ; English ; digital ; MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 ; Sound ; digital ; interviews ; Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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