Where I am From, Finding My Identity Through Visualizing Memories
Description:
This article discusses about the author’s identity related to the experience of being in the United States for one third of his life, and away from his native country, Japan. He uses photographic images as a tool for finding his identity. Those images are combined and painted with paraffin wax as finished pieces. The extra layer of wax on the photographic surface is treated as a metaphor for the fuzziness of memories and dreams, as well as a boundary, which lies between author’s two familiar sp…
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Date:
August 2001
Creator:
Itoi, Jun
Partner:
UNT Libraries