A Place Called Home

Description: 42 images are combined to create 22 individual artworks framed and mounted to the tops of book stacks in the library. 

Artist Statement: This installation deals with all people¹s experiences of being immigrants within the context of "home" and "identity", linking cultures and different social backgrounds. It will be placed in the historical Columbia City Library in order to create a dialogue between the individual and the community, their past and present, which are in constant flux. Another related objective is to unravel the emotional history of generations: from the early settlement, to life as immigrants in Columbia City. Their past sufferings, present hardships and triumphs are retold through individual images accompanied by words in various languages.  In my exploration, I will try to define "home" and a hybrid individual identity, through the transcultural practice and everyday life of immigrants. To rediscover oneself in terms of human and cultural survival under the conditions of immigration and globalization is a great part of rebirth. 

Location: Columbia Branch Library, 4721 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle WA 98118