“When I was in China I dreamed about freedom. After I landed here, I understood the real meaning of freedom. It is not something given — it is paid for through pain and suffering. Pain is a state of transition from one culture to another.”
In the CBC Arts series “Arts In My Country”, Gu Xiong, artist and our UBC professor Gu Xiong shared the experience of his four years at a Chinese labor camp and his journey of cultural identities exploration and transition.
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