Lost Identity - 'Conflicts of Identities' project MA year

* Lost Identity

The work 'Lost Identity, (2021)' is a mould of my own current head, is made of latex and cloth and filled with beehive - inspired by Marc Quinn's self-portrait, a head made from the artist's own blood that requires a refrigeration unit to preserve it. Latex is an easy material to shape but difficult to destroy once dry; my features will remain forever after my life. This latex-fabric self-portrait is a self-reflection of my own identity and my origins. In my generation, the children of migrants have one foot inside and the other outside. We are not from here, nor are we from there. We grow up and realize that our identity is not pure, but a hybrid. There are moments when curiosity flourishes to know one’s own lost identity. The search is like a jigsaw puzzle in which there are still some pieces missing to complete it. The diversity of cultures, multilingualism, and the experiences that I have lived through in different places have given me great wealth and have provided me with many opportunities. However, it is important not to forget where we come from in order to know where we are going. What we were, to know what we want to be. To avoid falling into the paralogism of familiar & strange.

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'Screen Handprint' project - Research & Drawings

Research - Drawings Drawings of roof and plants for the Screen Handprint project. pencil drawing pencil drawing ink drawing ink drawing ink drawing charcoal drawing charcoal drawing charcoal drawing gouache painting stencil collage and painting print on paper print on paper print on paper charcoal print on paper print on paper print on paper print on paper researching and drawing researching and drawing All photos are Hien own work selecting cloth dying cloth weaving choosing threads

'Screen Handprint' project printed on cloth

All prints are Hien own work Screen handprint, 4 colours

Struggling for the land - 'Conflicts of Identities' project MA year

* Struggling for the land The work ' Struggling for the land, (2021)' is composed of a series of photos of Palestinian hands holding the land they love. The images were expressly taken at my request. The Palestinian struggle has great support from the Independence Catalans and the Irish Republicans. This caught my attention so I asked my classmate Tala (a Palestinian student) if her relatives and friends could email pictures of their hands holding the soil they love, and they would die fighting for. Embroidered by machine, the threads of different shades of brown interpret the earth that they cling to and the red threads recall the lives lost, the blood spilt by the dispute and that inevitably slip through the fingers. A racial struggle that calls into question law and morality, turning those who still consider themselves victims into becoming executioners. January 27 is the International Day of Commemoration of the Holocaust, where mourning and the memory of Nazi terror take ...

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