A Place I Call Home (2023)
A Place I Call Home is a mixed-media installation that explores memory, migration, and the complexities of belonging. The work combines hand-printed textiles, archival footage from my hometown of Kuching, Malaysia, and sound to question what “home” means for those navigating displacement, sexuality, and personal identity.
The textiles, created through cyanotype processes on white cotton and linen, act as fragile carriers of memory. Their fading qualities mirror the temporality of recollection, while the act of folding and unfolding them reflects the intimate experience of revisiting the past. Projection mapping transforms the fabrics into living surfaces of memory, where images and sounds resurface and dissolve.
Portable and ephemeral, the installation unfolds in each new space and can be packed into a suitcase within minutes, echoing the transient nature of migration. In this way, the work becomes both an archive and a journey — bridging the past and future of identity while inviting viewers to reflect on their own notions of home.
Photos 1, 6, 7 by Hsu Hsun Hsiang.