Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025. 

Janice Tanaka: Memories from the Department of Amnesia, part of the Video in The Atrium (ViTA) series, presents a poignant exploration of memory, identity, and the intergenerational impact of trauma. This deeply personal elegy for her mother transforms private grief into a meditation on collective memory and cultural belonging. Structured around the stages of mourning—evasion, fear, grief, denial, and remembrance—the video weaves haunting visual metaphors, layered image processing, and a collage of photographs, text, and voiceover.

Resonating with contemporary cultural and political concerns of loss, family displacement, and fractured histories, the work echoes broader struggles around migration, erasure, and belonging that continue to shape communities today. By situating private memory within these collective realities, it reclaims remembrance as both survival and defiance—underscoring the power of storytelling to confront silence, challenge erasure, and connect across generations. 

This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant and Department of Art History and Archaeology doctoral candidate Ashley Cope, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Andrea Huicy. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistant Haojian Cheng.

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This exhibition is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative.

An in-person reception, coinciding with the exhibition preview of Yu Youren: Water on the Petal, will take place on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is presented in collaboration with The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest 2025.