Media Arts Annual 2022 Award Winners

Rehearsal for Encountering is my attempt to speculate a proposal for a cohabit space through looking at reverberation of inter-cultural contact in history and the related theoretical texts. In mid-19th century, groups of Asian indentured laborers were brought to the plantations in the Caribbean where they labored and shared life with enslaved people from Africa. In the film, I tried to bring forward movements to intervene the filmic space- sound, narrative structure, and imagery. 

Duration: 09:13

Top Prize -  Edward Concintti Media Art Prize

This is my first time writing a poem and goes out to my parents and other daughters and children of immigrants. This poem serves as a call to action to be prideful of our fight and of where we are today after all the difficulties we've endured. This is an act of healing, gratitude, and pride.

Duration 04:35

Award for Artistic Achievement 

An animation contemplating my relationship with my paternal grandmother.

Duration: 02:51

Award for Artistic Achievement

In my work, I form images that give me a sense of placement, or otherwise speak to the dissociative feeling of being between homes; they articulate the interplay between physical environments, togetherness, and bodily love. This is a cooking show but also a personal remembering of my home and family, the way my upbringing plays out in my strained relationship with my own body and the bodies I consume.

Duration: 10:39

Award for Artistic Achievement

A hungry animation about food and relationships with friends and family. 
Feast your eyes upon meals shared with others, creating memories, experiences, and stories.

Duration: 07:04

Award for Artistic Achievement