This is yours and mine.
It started out with my interest in old photographs, in the stories that they tell or keep secret. There were only a few pictures of my meternal grandmother and in each picture I wanted to get to know her. By reappropriating these old photographs through image transfers and embroidery, I hope to make...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39972 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | It started out with my interest in old photographs, in the stories that they tell or keep secret. There were only a few pictures of my meternal grandmother and in each picture I wanted to get to know her. By reappropriating these old photographs through image transfers and embroidery, I hope to make this wish visible. In this project, I am addressing issues of conflicted identity due to mixed ancestry. It is an exploration into finding my own roots, and trying to reclaim some form of
memory of lost persons. |
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