Welcome to "All Arts" presentation of the 2023 Artists in Residence Program.

I'm James King.

The film you are about to see, "Oh Family Concert", is a joyous celebration of the challenges and triumphs faced by an immigrant family.

Artist Diana Oh shares a glimpse of how their latest music, art, and personal story telling practices deepen the relationship with their mother June.

As Diana gathers with seven decades of family, we have a front row seat to the intimate concert where, through song, they acknowledge June's support of their quest to realize a meaningful and fulfilling life as an artist.

Sit back, settle in, and enjoy this heartwarming tribute.

♪♪ ♪♪ Hello.

Welcome to the family concert.

I'm Diana Oh, and I describe myself as an open channel to the art that feels good to my body.

Today, you're going to see seven decades of my family in the studio, the youngest being my nieces, and the oldest being my mom.

My mom and I have had a pretty epic year together, as she unexpectedly became my muse and my artistic collaborator.

[ Chimes ] -Hi.

-Hi.

Hi, June Oh.

I think the people who are around my mother's age are a pretty special generation of Americans.

Over the past two years, I've been working on a documentary film and rock concert series called "The Gift Project", where I become friends with elders of marginalized experiences or identities, and I write them songs as gifts.

♪ I was a little shy maybe a little bit numb ♪ ♪ Well, what'd you'd expect from where I come from ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ So my mother generously offered to be our first interview for the project.

Just kidding.

I had to beg her.

You need to understand, my mother has never let me post about her on social media, let alone write about her in my art.

So for you to see her on your screen is a big deal.

It is a huge deal.

Korean War.

North Korea attacked the South Korea.

So we have to escape.

The fact that she came along for this ride, collaborated with me, and she had a good time makes me feel incredibly grateful.

Wonderful!

[ Laughs ] Today you'll hear two songs I've written about my mother, performed to my mother, followed by a third song I sing for my father, who has now passed.

I'm so happy to share our intimate family concert with you.

Have fun.

[ Cheers and applause ] Hi!

Hi.

I'm Diana.

My pronouns are they/them.

And I'm so happy y'all are here.

There are seven decades of us, not generations.

I've been using the word "generations" wrong.

[ Laughter ] Wrong, okay?

Wrong.

Michael, the history teacher, was like, "Um, um..." [ Laughs ] And I was like, "Oh, oh, wow, wow, wow."

What really excited me is that y'all were coming into town.

Rachel Oh, West Coast producer, organized so many of you to come to do this Oh Family Concert.

Today I'm going to get to share some music with you with some of these phenomenal musicians, who I think are some of my favorite artists who I will ever come across in this life.

I'm so lucky.

It's it's the gift that New York City gives to people in the world.

It's a dream come true.

Oh, this song is about... Oh.

♪♪ ♪ I don't remember my mother ♪ ♪ Telling me how to load the dishwasher ♪ ♪ I've got my memories wrapped up in her ♪ ♪ Every time I hear a call from another ♪ ♪ Though we're apart, it's taken me time to ♪ ♪ Remember who and what I am after ♪ ♪ Call it an end to the start of begin ♪ ♪ It can't go much slower or any more faster ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪ And there's a break of light ♪ ♪ Through the glean of ♪ ♪ Your eyes ♪ ♪ And I'm holding on too much ♪ ♪ Won't you ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ Won't you, yeah ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ Won't you ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ Well, that's how goes it, nobody knows it ♪ ♪ We're all the reckless ones ♪ ♪ Catch every touch that made you feel safe ♪ ♪ And try and have a little fun ♪ ♪ Wake up tomorrow to an embrace ♪ ♪ Of the pinkened version of all of you ♪ ♪ Run from the place of a forgotten pace ♪ ♪ There is nothing and too much to do ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪ And there's ♪ ♪ A break of light ♪ ♪ Through the glean of your smile ♪ ♪ And I'm ♪ ♪ Holding on too much ♪ ♪ Won't you ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ Won't you ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ Won't you ♪ ♪ Dream with me ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ For ♪ ♪ For a while ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ No, I'm asking you to casually think your thoughts ♪ ♪ I'm asking you to do it ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa, yeah ♪ ♪ I am asking you ♪ ♪ To ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ [ Singing indistinctly ] [ Vocalizing ] ♪ Cousin Sammy, newly queened Samantha ♪ ♪ So, tell me what is it that you want ♪ ♪ That you want, that you dream of ♪ ♪ Love ♪ Oh, you want love?

♪ Sammy wants love ♪ ♪ Hey, Sammy wants love ♪ ♪ Yeah, hey, hey ♪ We're gonna give her love!

We're gonna give her love!

Oh, yeah!

Hey, yeah!

Hey, yeah!

♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, hey, yeah ♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] This next one, "Tiger", is again another one about my mother.

This is from a project I've been working on for two years called The Gift Project.

And this is really about how she is a tiger in the dark.

She's really survived some things, one of which is a literal war.

She survived the Korean War.

I'm going to let the song do the speaking, and you're going to recognize it.

[ Drum sticks counting ] One, two, three, four.

♪♪ ♪ Don't need to worry ♪ ♪ I wasn't there for it ♪ ♪ I was born a little baby ♪ ♪ Now you care for it ♪ ♪ I was a little shy ♪ ♪ Maybe a little bit numb ♪ ♪ Well, what'd you'd expect ♪ ♪ With where I come from ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ It's quite the tale, quite the story ♪ ♪ And the moral is mine ♪ ♪ I took a step and then the next I came out fine ♪ ♪ Since I had a lot of faith ♪ ♪ And a lot more fun ♪ ♪ Yeah, I played my violin ♪ ♪ And I picked up the drums ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Read Philosophy ♪ ♪ Heard Belafonte, too ♪ ♪ What I'm trying to say ♪ ♪ Is to take care of you ♪ ♪ And I'm not afraid of dying ♪ ♪ 'Cause of how well I lived ♪ ♪ I spent and I gave ♪ ♪ And I'll continue to give ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ And I'm not afraid of dying ♪ ♪ 'Cause of how well I lived ♪ ♪ I spent and I gave ♪ ♪ And I'll continue to give ♪ ♪ And I'm not afraid of dying ♪ ♪ 'Cause of how well I lived ♪ ♪ I spent and I gave ♪ ♪ And I'll continue to give ♪ ♪ And I give and I give and I give and I give ♪ ♪ And I give and I give and I give and I give ♪ ♪ And I give and I give and I give and I give ♪ ♪ And I give and I give ♪ ♪ 'Cause of how well I lived ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Any thoughts?

Great.

[ Laughter ] [ Low drone ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Eyes closed, start from zero ♪ ♪ Reach out to your bright, young, hero ♪ ♪ Voices in these walls that talk ♪ ♪ Crying as you start to walk ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ So here's a taste, a taste of freedom You starve the ghost if you don't need 'em A little toy that's in your hand You don't need him, he's not your friend ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running from ♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪ Run to what you're running ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] [ Vocalizing ] [ Vocalizing ] [ Humming ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah.

Well done.

[ Laughs ] Thank you.

Oh, that's a nice thought.

Thank you so much.

Really, thank you.

I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

That's very nice.

Thank you for listening and receiving it and for playing along and for being a part of it.

Because you could have said no, but you said yes.

No, I'm really honored and thrilled and so excited and really pleased to have this closure and this program.

And, JB, I really appreciate, really appreciate, you know?

Hm.

Yeah, we've had a big year together.

We got to do a lot.

Yeah, yeah.

We got to do a lot over the past year.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

It's really great.

Yeah.

I'm going to get Lula.

Lula.

Yeah.

Do you want to see the upstairs, also?

What do you want to show us?

These are the photos of the other country and all that.

And then this grandpa is the oldest kind of Korean grandpa, is making the shoes of Korean shoes.

And this is my drum set.

[ Drums thudding ] With the other collections, also.

And then I see this.

So I feel like angels are living here.

And this is my husband, Mark.

And then this is all the family for us.

Mark was telling me every kinds of things when he met me.

The first time, he said in the first coffee table, he was saying, "You'll have two sons and one girl."

My God, how he knows.

And then he said, "These are the names, and these are how they will be, how they look like, and their personalities.

He was telling all that.

Do you remember what he said?

Yeah, on the first date, everything was -- But do you remember what he what he said about your three children, what we were going to be like?

Yeah.

so that's why he said about you, your face is round.

That's what he was telling me.

And she'll be so artistic.

Nobody can be like above her like that.

She is really exceptionally artistic.

That's why her name will be Yea Bin.

That's what he said.

At the beginning.

First date.

That's why -- What do you think of these tattoos?

Yea Bin.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

And this is Mark and me and Han Bin, Soo Bin, Yea Bin.

Ben, David, and Diana.

Man: Can you hold that picture up for me?

[ Laughs ] What do you feel when you look at this picture?

Perfect.

It's just a perfect whole family.

[ Dog barks ] ♪♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ D-A-R-K, ah, ah, ah ♪ ♪ Read Philosophy ♪ ♪ Heard Belafonte, too ♪ ♪ What I'm trying to say ♪ ♪ Is to take care of you ♪ ♪ And I'm not afraid of dying ♪ ♪ 'Cause of how well I lived ♪ ♪ I spent and I gave ♪ ♪ And I'll continue to give ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪ ♪ I'm a tiger ♪ ♪ Tiger in the ♪