HERITAGE

This series explores my identity and heritage through geographical and road maps found in my childhood home after my father’s death. Coming from a migrant family, he had to define himself in a place with a different cultural background. I feel that I have inherited this search to find oneself within one’s local surroundings.

To define this heritage and explore my identity, I use maps as well as imagery of the body, specifically of blood circulation. The word circulation holds a meaning related to physical displacement; in this way, it is linked to my history. Juxtaposing maps with images of blood circulation accentuates the interaction between individual experience and collective knowledge. I consider the relationship that exists between one’s history, anchored in the body, and the surrounding world.