Millie Chen and Arzu Ozkal: SRS (Silk Road Songbook) in Buffalo.
The article focuses on the exhibition *SRS (Silk Road Songbook)* by Millie Chen and Arzu Ozkal, held at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY, which presents a de-orientalized artistic representation of the Silk Road through video performances of women singers and musicians from communiti...
| Publicado en: | Afterimage Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 98 - 103 |
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| Formato: | Art Exhibition Review |
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University of California Press
Mar2026
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