Your intentions walk towards you, May 2024
mixed media installation for Asian Heritage Month at Morrow (AHMM) Festival
Odd Meridian Arts, Vancouver BC
photos and video by Stephan Wright, documentation by me
Your intentions walk towards you explores Sauha’s heritage and ancestry. While this installation is about cultural curiosity, she seeks to expand her creative drive away from the “Where am I from?” dialogue. The title,Your intentions walk towards you, is inspired by a lyric from the song “Poem of Dead Song” by Broadcast. In it there is a candle-like sculpture representing a deity; however, it is unclear what form this god takes. It is made with left over candles ends gathered from her community. Viewers were invited to write down an intention and put it under one of the 'weights' provided.
Materials include:
- video of late grandfather warming up (clip from Luk Tung Kuen instructional video)
- video of me dressed in flames and face shield also warming up
- old cell phones from brother and father
- wax deity figurine (made with candle ends and unused candles collected from
friends, family and second hand shops) - lotus seed candy wrapper
- oak leaf hole punch
- broken marble slab from old family home
- nutcracker
- full face sun shield taken from a free shelf
- dried artichoke flower with tender heart left intact
- discounted and second hand fabrics bought in HK, Tokyo, Vancouver
- curtain rod from friend
- step-grandmother’s leaf print shirt
- cardboard packaging from nephew’s bed
- punched leaves cut from a Chinese arts and culture textbook
- fabric from a dress I kept trying to wear
- t-shirt from best friend’s garage sale
- gold and silver pens bought on my first Asia trip
