This video documents the first phase of creating the Songs for Women Living With War/ Bahay ni Lola "living memorial", anti-war memorial for WWll Comfort Women, victims and survivors of sexual violence by artist and professor Johanna Poethig with the Visual and Public Art department, CSU, Monterey Bay in Spring 2016. The process included an interdisciplinary collaboration with the VPA Visiting Artists program, Global Studies Social Justice Colloquium and HCOM Writer’s program. Guests invited to present are edited with excerpts from writer M. Evelina Galang’s interviews with the Lolas in the Philippines. The sound is edited from Theresa Wong’s collective vocal performance with students and community at CSUMB. The video and exhibit was premiered at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, California October, 2106.
