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ching ching cheng        

 

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2nd PLACE WINNER   
COMPETITION:  words, words, words 
                                            
                     
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ching ching cheng
los angeles, ca/USA
POLAROID
assemblage of books
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3000 USD
 
 


artist statement

My work gives an intimate and personal account of my own experiences, while simultaneously encouraging the viewer to recall their own. I present subject matter outside the self from this psychological position. Ultimately, there is no definitive subject, but only a meditation on personal experience and emotion.

Polaroid is composed completely of old book pages I collected from various flea markets, garage sales, pawnshops and swap meets throughout Los Angeles. I individually sealed each page with an adhesive, reading or skimming each page as I went along. The form of the Polaroid pays homage to my own Polaroid, which I was able to fix, yet still unable to access the memories created and lives touched by the machine, much like the pages of found books.

Coming alone to America from a foreign country, noodles were all I ate before I learned to cook. Yet, the various texts and literature that compose the cup of noodles reflect the fusion and exchange of even a simple dish at the cultural nexus of Los Angeles.

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