Category: diorama
New show: (Re)Call: Counternarratives by Asian American Artists, San Ramon, CA
Work in progress: more family stories
Excavation #11
Current shows: Hungry Ghost and Grounds for Change
Excavation #10
Excavation #9
Excavation #8
This is a photo of my mother’s family, placed atop woven strips of fabrics to represent our Chinese and Indonesian heritage. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is Indonesia’s official motto and is translated from Old Javanese as “Unity in Diversity.” I wanted to refer to the official motto especially when they were being discriminated…
Excavation #7
My grandmother was largely the breadwinner of the family. My grandfather wrote booklets which he sold as a subscription. This did not earn very much money, so my grandmother developed skills to make embroidery for women’s shirts. She had 2-3 employees, according to my mother. My mother and her 4 siblings…