No Claim: Assimilation, Integration, Adaptation
When my Japanese and Chinese grandparents left Asia, they not only saw America as a new start, they also believed in the necessity of leaving the old ways behind.
The result: my generation, sisters, brother and cousins and I have lost much in the way of culture, language and food, in realizing our elder's dreams of assimilating into U.S. society.
My work aims at reconciling the tensions between what I feel I've gained versus what I've lost in order to attain the "American Dream" through exploration of my heritage and origin.
