This series, which has garnered the name Light Gremlin, attempts to recreate the contradictory and confusing feelings of depression, while simultaneously suggesting that beauty can be found anywhere, even in dark moments. […]
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Before the Rain
Nature is something that frequently captivates me; I enjoy using photography to capture the beauty I see. This photograph, Before the Rain, was actually a lucky mistake. I had forgotten to adjust the manual settings before taking my photo; the aperture was not large enough and it lacked exposure […]
“Technology Xiao Jie” 2020, digital
As a child, I was always aware of the space I occupied as an Asian female. I lived in a mostly white neighbourhood, so the only thing that I yearned for was to assimilate and be like my Caucasian friends. I cast away my Chinese heritage in hopes that I would be accepted not only by my peers, but by myself […]
“Portrait of Shanghai” By Alger Liang
Seeing and being seen. Being and not being. How do you see yourself in a place and culture that is yours but feels foreign? […]
“Falling into Ourselves” By Emmy Pehrson
“Falling Into Ourselves” is a piece composed for piano and orchestrated for small ensembles, completed from June to December of 2018 […]
“Connection and Disconnection” By Lua Presidio
Connection and Disconnection Art by Lua Presidio “Connection and Disconnection” was inspired by the performance artist Lygia Pape’s work, “The Divisor”. I became interested in the division and yet unity of people and decided to apply that to the concept of personal relations instead of the group relations Pape explores in her work. This series
“hóngbāo” By Amy Wang
Hóngbāo is the representation of modern society and the importance of “saving face” in Chinese culture […]
“Lunarian Dreams to Court” By Ivy Tang
This piece is a spoof of traditional courtly presentation. The elites in this culture, anthropomorphic creatures (left), assess the masked boy’s presentation of his “ideal world”, while a masked mother figure looks on (right)[…]
“Lines” by Jorielle Pablo
Before capturing this photo, I was fascinated by the alignment of the cranes and how they peek through linked cables. Initially, when I think of “lines” I see boundaries, borders, constraints […]
“I’m a Dirty Lamppost So Look Away, Please” Multimedia by Angelica Poversky
I’m a Dirty Lamppost So Look Away, Please Multimedia by Angelica Poversky You looked at me like a firefly Lighting up the night sky Like my bright was a night light In the pits of your psyche You called me a flashlight Ready to expose the rows of evils in the cosmos You looked at me
“Just a little touch up” Photo by Rachel Lee
This photograph is a depiction of our society from yesterday, today and tomorrow. Beauty standards and the following pressures to look perfect continue to exist and cause issues […]
“Houseboy” Photography by Brandon Leung
We encounter history through remnants, fragments, ghosts. History is not the stories of the past, but an ongoing narrative. Whoever has past through our world and has moved into the realm of ‘history’ is not gone. They leave their marks. Look into archives and their holdings. Archival objects are kept so their narratives are (ostensibly) remembered […]
“Touch #1” and “Vanitas 4/10” Visual Art by Sophia Murray
“Touch #1” and “Vanitas 4/10” Visual Art by Sophia Murray (click to enlarge images) Vanitas is a 17th century Dutch genre of still life painting that served as a memento mori. I wanted to build on and offer my own interpretation of this traditional genre through a series of prints. I explored the idea of mark-making