Presented by CAAM + McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
Location: Waverly Place, Facade of Willie ”Woo Woo” Wong Clubhouse
San Francisco Chinatown
8:30pm Introduction and screening
Part of Neon Was Never Brighter, 3-10pm

Documentary and experimental filmmaker Chet Canlas was invited by the Center of Asian American Media, CAAM, to create a presentation from its collection of home movies that would include images from, and the perspective of, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation and its archive. The idea would allow complete artist freedom in a collaboration. The result is a panoramic juxtaposition of imagery capturing the essence of the Asian American legacy, simply "as Americans." An obvious idea that cannot be understated. Through the primary use of montage, Chet Canlas orchestrates from the incredible library of digitized home movie footage from CAAM. Within changing abstract landscapes and transitions, a wall of gateways open simultaneously like a great time machine. A honeycomb lens of Asian America.

With the support of McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, Danny Clay and Theresa Wong created a score for Memories to Light utilizing a sonic collage of environmental sounds, audio contributions from the community, and composed fragments for various instruments. A live performance of the score, combining this sound material with real-time improvisations on cello, voice, and laptop, was performed in conjunction with McEvoy Arts' 2021 exhibition Next to You.

Fernanda D’Agostino will collaborate with Canlas and Remington in designing a spatialization projection of the film.