2018

Discover Canada

Poster with Triggered Projected Images

The second rendition of this piece features only one poster that overarches the general topic or theme. The same method is used (triggering images) but instead, a collage of images is shown to showcase the different histories that are often not taught in schools.

Discover Canada, Projection Installation, 2018

Discover Canada, Projection Installation, 2018

Travel Series

Posters with Triggered Projected Images

The Travel Series is a different rendition to the Discover Canada brochures. Again, the posters serve as an aesthetic trope to entice the viewers to get closer to the posters. Once the viewer is close enough to the posters, the posters are triggered (through a webcam) that will then display the images of the past history behind the places. This piece was influenced by Eve Tuck and C. Ree's A Glossary of Haunting and what haunting would look like. This piece was made for the Discover Canada installation.

Discover Banff, Digital Print, 2018

Explore Canada's Chinatown!, Digital Print, 2018

Welcome to Coal Harbour!, Digital Print, 2018

Discover Canada, Digital Print, 2018

Travel Series, Installation, 2018

Welcome to Canada

Brochure with Performance

These brochures disguise the hidden histories of Canada. On the outside, they seem to be regular travel brochures, however, the descriptions of the places within Canada shows the grim history behind these places. Chinatown housed the Chinese labourers who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railways and received discrimination from Canadians during this time. Banff National Park was created through the forced and imprisoned labourers of Eastern Europeans during WWI. And Coal Harbour is the site to the Komagata Maru incident.

Discover Canada (Front), Brochure, 2018

Discover Canada (Back), Brochure, 2018

These brochures serve as a reminder that these grisly histories are being covered up by tourism. These brochures were accompanied by a performance piece where I dressed as a travel agent and tried to "sell" the idea that Canada does not have much of history, but when the "clients" open the brochure, it will state otherwise.

The Passengers of the Komagata Maru

Plaster and Bronze Installation with Book

This installation is a remake of the bronze installation of the Komagata Maru. Description of the concept is here. However, this installation does not include ritual but rather showcases the impact that the incident had on the people onboard. There are 376 plaster faces to represent the 376 passengers who boarded the Komagata Maru ship. The book accounts for each passenger, their ages, which district they were from, and the aftermath of the incident. The bronze becomes a plaque; a permanent reminder of the incident. The plaster faces are white, which makes them unseen but the shadows create a haunting feel to make them seen to the audience.

The Passengers of the Komagata Maru, Installation, 2018

The Passengers of the Komagata Maru (Detail), Installation, 2018

The Passengers of the Komagta Maru (Detail), Installation, 2018

The Passengers of the Komagata Maru (Book), 2018

My Name Is And I Am Not 2

Digital Print Remake

This is a remake of My Name Is And I Am Not print series. Description of the concept is here. What is different about this piece is that the black and white photographs set the more serious vibe which in turn will make the viewer uncomfortable.

My Name Is And I Am Not (Alam), Digital Print, 2018

My Name Is And I Am Not (Isabettini), Digital, 2018

My Name Is And I Am Not (Toshi), Digital Print, 2018

My Name Is And I Am Not (Tran), Digital Print, 2018

Mantra Series

Accordion Book Installation

This book series is an experimentation on the idea of recording ritual. In this series, three mantras are recorded from Hinduism: Hanuman, Saraswati, and Ganesh.

Mantras Series, Accordion Book, 2018

Mantras Series (Saraswati), Accordion Book, 2018

Mantras Series (Hanuman), Accordion Book, 2018

Mantras Series (Ganesh), Accordion Book, 2018

Culture Series

Digital Print Series

This digital print series explores the various notions of cultural normative and humour. These prints included serious topics of fetishism and choosing one's destiny in life, to smaller topics such as proper greetings and rituals.