Today our new music exhibition “The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory & Belonging” opens. In honor of our new show, we will be featuring music related artifacts for the entire month!
Teresa Teng was a Taiwanese pop singer, who is considered to be one of the most famous and successful mandarin language singers in the world. Her song “The Moon Represents my Heart” was used as the inspiration for MOCA’s music exhibition that opens today. While Teng passed away in 1995 at the age of 42 due to a severe respiratory attack, her music continues to endure.
In 1996 the movie "Tian Mi Mi" (Comrades: Almost a Love Story) was released. The film is titled after a Teng song of the same name and tells the story of the forlorn love between two Chinese mainlanders that have a brief affair in Hong Kong but end up falling in love. Throughout the film Teng’s song are prominently featured and coming out just a year after the singers death was seen as a fitting tribute to her.
今天，我们的新音乐展《月亮代表我的心：音乐·记忆·共同体》开幕了。为了配合这个新展览，我们将在接下来的整月内讲述与音乐相关的馆藏故事！
邓丽君是台湾流行歌手，被公认为是世界上最著名和最成功的普通话歌手之一。她的歌曲《月亮代表我的心》被MOCA用作今天开幕的音乐展的标题。1995年42岁的邓丽君由于严重哮喘而离世，但她的音乐仍在继续。
1996年，电影《甜蜜蜜》（英文名：Comrades: Almost a Love Story）发行上线了。这部影片采用了邓丽君的同名歌曲为片名，讲述了两位大陆人在香港陷入短暂恋情的绝望爱情故事。邓丽君的歌曲贯穿整部电影的始终，而这部影片在歌手去世仅一年后推出，被视为对她的追忆。
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年，为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献， MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories！ 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑，全国线上接力，以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事，敬请大家持续关注， 讲出华人自己的故事，回顾过去，立足现在，展望未来，共同书写美国历史，使之更加充实完整。