Shu Lea Cheang in Person Cross cultural art is anything but tourism. At its most profound, it is a deeply-observed, inter-racial experience that tests the very notion of the artist. At its most complex, it is a collaborative venture, incorporating the voices of a culture, not just its image. Shu Lea Cheang, artist-in-residence at S.F.'s Capp Street Project, has produced a body of videoworks combining cross-cultural readings and often urgent topical issues. Cheang's best known tape, Color Schemes (1989, 28 mins, Color), is a pithy guffaw at racial assimilation. Originally conceived as an installation for washing machines, the tape uses the four wash cycles, soak, wash, rinse and spin, as metaphors for the process of social acculturation. Twelve Asian American, African American, Latino and Native American actors contribute their experiences in a vividly colored performance. Those Fluttering Objects of Desire offers a multi-channel discourse on sexual politics. Infiltrating the popular forms of phone sex and porno booths, Cheang's work-in-progress orchestrates audio- and videotapes by 30 women artists. This collaborative effort is further modulated by the viewer's own intervention. Cheang will discuss her artistic practice and screen recent works. --Steve Seid Shu Lea Cheang's Capp Street Project installation, The Airwaves, is open to the public through December 28th at 270 14th Street in San Francisco.