2023
‘But you’re not really’ is a silk-screened body of work that explores feelings of cultural inadequacy, reflecting on the sense of self and belonging within the diasporic community through process philosophy – a framework that emphasises the fluidity of experienced reality opposing traditional Western views of being and permanence. Informed by my cultural upbringing, these works take Indonesian and Chinese imagery and rituals, and put an Australian twist to it – Asian, “but not really”.
With a diasporic twist to the classic tear-away Chinese calendars and angpaos (red envelopes), mixed with Indonesian street food imagery, I try to represent and make sense of the intercultural discrimination present within the diasporic migrant community in hopes of eliciting intercultural and cross-generational understanding.
Shown in:
"UNSWADA Annual 23", UNSW Galleries, Sydney, NSW (2023) [group exhibition]
"More Than Reproduction Edition Five", Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW (2023) [group exhibition]
"More Than Reproduction Edition Five", Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
photo taken by Jennifer Brady