My identity is largely informed by my juxtaposition between these two cultural environments in space and time, influenced by the shifting processes of my emotional, cultural, educational experiences. Such a consideration of the identity and transcultural displacement enables me to question how I can better understand myself and my journey. Works of digital photography entitled “Drinking Your Surroundings” represent a collection of different places where I have lived within the past four years. These works embody my desire to come to terms with my origins and to create an artistic archive of my nomadic lifestyle. I collect and position pictures of my surroundings within the glass cups that I use every day, in order to visually and conceptually absorb their truths. Audiences can identify with these multicultural sources, experiencing the works not only through their sense of sight but also through their sense of taste.

    The issue of the blurred boundaries of transcultural concerns extends to include issues of today’s environment, as characterized by interactivity, hybridity, and virtuality. I explore this blurred dividing line of consciousness between physical space and virtual space, a dimension of art where my thoughts and real-life experiences can amplify each other. For video works I create visual metaphors by transforming the body and spiritual images that come from Buddhism. These works present ideas about the ‘plasticity’ of our environment, which is in a constant state of change, and of the self, thereby challenging audiences to consider their own identities and surroundings from a new perspective.