Colonial ghosts still haunt these walls
an archive. to remember. to change.
“One day you return to the city, and you find there a bridge trying to close a wound that’s way too deep”
To see the world through a new lense.
Decoloniality is a fairly new concept that studies and challenges the notions we no longer think about.
“Where i’m from?”
“Why do I eat this?”
“Who I really am?”
most importantly-
“Why should I care?”
And-
“Who’s benefiting from my ignorance?”
The music we make carry not only our present, but the legacy of our ancestors. The same can be said about the music, the painting, the clothing, and every single one of our expressions, as culture cannot be killed off when their children still live and their heart still beat as loud as the drums.
Verbena refers to both a lively gathering and a flower.
Motifs that repeat themselves all around this land── no matter how much cement is poured and how many laws are passed.
- ducks roaming at a local parking lot, managed by a family whose house is a quarter of the size.
I hope the works presented here help draw a line between past and present, allowing each to reflect the other, so that a better future may be understood not as a dream, but as a workable response to problems that now seem merely troublesome.
2. wild flock near the chinatown. never seen again after the this was taken.
