Jan 22
Convocation with Kristina Wong
Kristina Wong is a performance artist, comedian, and cultural commentator. She was featured in the New York Times’ Off Color series highlighting artists of color who use humor to make smart social statements about the sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious ways that race plays out in America today. She has been praised by the LA Times for her stereotype skewering humor. Kristina has toured internationally, she has been the recipient of numerous grants and artist residencies, she has appeared in film and television, and her written commentaries have appeared in multiple publications. Her show “The Wong Street Journal” navigated privilege and economic disparity, while “Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” looked at the high rates of depression and suicide among Asian American women. She has also created viral web series like “How Not to Pick Up Asian Chicks.” Brutal but hilarious, Kristina Wong is a woman who takes life’s absurdities very seriously. The title of her presentation is “Reality Television, Political Theater, and Social Change.”