Kip
Fulbeck returned as the NCORE 2003 (San Francisco) keynote
speaker. Kip's dynamic speaking style and his uncanny ability to
recognize and to tell compelling stories about changes in race and
ethnic relations were very well received. The title of his timely
speech
was "What
are you? Multiracials Claiming Their Voice Through the Arts."
Background
Information
Kip Fulbeck
is a professor of Art and Asian American Studies at the University of
California in Santa Barbara. Kip Fulbeck is the world's premiere artist
exploring multiracial Asian (or Hapa) identity. An inveterate storyteller,
his inspiring personal stories mix pop culture and political activism,
questioning the boundaries of cultural identity from the perspective
of someone who has never fit neatly into any easy category. He has spent
his life battling against multiracial ignorance and stereotypes, and
was even denied a place on the Taiwanese Olympic Team after refusing
to change his last name.
Fulbeck has
spoken and exhibited his videos, photography, painting, and performed
his stand-up comedy in over 20 countries and throughout the United States,
including the Museum of Modern Art, the Singapore International Film
Festival, the World Wide Video Festival, PBS, and the Whitney Museum
of American Art Biennial. His video work has earned numerous awards,
including the USA Film Festival's Special Juror's Award for Some Questions
for 28 Kisses; First Glance Film Festival's Best Experimental Film for
Sex, Love, & Kung Fu; the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video
Festival's Best Narrative Short for Asian Studs Nightmare; and the Red
River International Film Festival's First Place Video for Banana Split.
In 2002,
he was selected by Hapa Issues Forum as the inaugural Prism Award
for
the Arts recipient. His first novel, Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography,
was published in 2001 by the University of Washington Press, and
he
is currently completing a photographic book on multiracial Asians tentatively
titled HAPA: Multiracial Asians in Their Own Words.
He has an
interesting website. |