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Hanga L. Garcia Serrano
Most likely to come back as a professor
The world I connect with is different. My perspective is my own. It’s complex and intertwined within two different cultures. The culture I was born into and the culture I grew up in. I observe both from a distance and I can never be absorbed by one or the other. This conflict at times creates guilt, a sense of loss, and misunderstanding within myself.
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Conveying the state of being neither or is difficult to explain. How do I reach out to that feeling? I do so by examining my environments from afar. Approaching them with curiosity and intent because I want to understand them as separate entities. While acknowledging how overtime these environments integrate themselves with one another. Similar to the way my two cultures have learned to make sense the more, I learn to embrace their differences and accept that I will never fully belong to either.
My life in two sayings, 2023 Photography
My first impression of you and your work was quiet, neat, and simple but easy to relate to. I still remember a series of architectural photographs you showed in 10D. Those photos brought me quiet and peaceful feeling. Your most recent work involves your family and places you are familiar with. It is warm, appealing and personal. By incorporating your mother language, even though I can not understand it, I feel its power when placed alongside the images. You are an irreplaceable artist in the world. You have the power to light up viewers with your own story and vision of the world you live in.
(MEI-LIN) HUNG
Mi Loteria, 2023 Photography
Your art feels like home. I have noticed that family is a common theme in your art which I connect with because I rely on my family a lot for comfort and guidance. There is a certain soft glow to a lot of your work which is easy to rest your eyes on and feel a gentle intimacy with the images. But just like being home, there can also be a feeling of hiding from the outside world. A sanctuary that is too comforting that you never want to leave. Your photo series have a balance between the two. It invites me in and also makes me want to stay, but releases me more rested and ready than before I encountered it. A true feeling of home.
After getting to know your work for the last year I have noticed this strong theme of comfort and intimacy. Family and friends, laying in your bed with your sister, laughing over ice cream, observing people on the beach. All precious moments that have been captured in a unique light. The one that resonated with me most was your mother and sister laughing while eating ice cream together. Even though I was seeing images of people that weren’t my family, I knew the feeling immediately. I can’t wait to see where you go with your photography in the future!
