My unique perspective has allowed me to observe conflicts of my own cultural diasporic position and ongoing xenophobic and racist arrogances towards the Asian community through both the Eastern and...
My unique perspective has allowed me to observe conflicts of my own cultural diasporic position and ongoing xenophobic and racist arrogances towards the Asian community through both the Eastern and Western eye. These feelings of being othered, alienated and fetishised have left me to feel angry and ambitious to speak out. Referring to traditional Chinese craft allowed me to explore the dichotomy between the beauty of the forgotten Ming Dynasty ‘Moon- flask’ vase, an artefact of an antiquarian context, and the internal need to confront those who inflict physical and emotional pain onto myself and the Asian community. The vase’s figurative form acts as a reminder that the issues my work challenges are nothing but human ignorance, as demonstrated by a quote an ESEA individual received from a member of the public for the title of the work. This small group of vessels aim to alter the perception one has on traditional Chinese craft and the messages it can potentially hold.