IMPRESSIONS
Silk Screen // Digital Print
Different material and process explorations to convey the fragile but substantial marks present in my life and experiences. There were many tests on temperature, additive mixtures, fabric quality and the reaction when combined.
Print on bottom right derived to evoke the buttons and mark pushed as child calling abroad before the era of touch screens.
Our Relationship As Children Of Immigrants With Our Family Abroad
I was born in America. Growing up, I traveled often to China to visit my relatives. My parents had hoped that it would bring us closer and that I would learn the culture and language. My relatives took care of me when my parents had other obligations and raised me as their own. But as my responsibilities piled, as I spend more time in America, assimilating into the American culture, I lost a familiarity in our communication. This fading connection. They had left impressions on my life, fleeting but present. This fragility in the American Dream. Growing up Asian American.
