juju
multilocation
2023
Print & Found Object Installation

multilocation is a print and found object installation reflecting on the symbolism of the new year as a portal for the future and the past. When viewers are present, the installation serves as a three-way meeting point of the past, present, and future — allowing for continuous reflection of oneself, while being present in time and looking ahead to a new year.






Carissa Te-Hsuan Chu & Kevin Yatsu
BREAKING GROUND
2023
Digital Video, Projection, Installation

BREAKING GROUND is an expansive video piece commemorating the histories of the Lone Fir Cemetery Block 14 site. It consists of two parts:

Golden Spade reenacts the Chinese railroad worker’s effort in building the foundation of this country, it also inscribes generations of immigrants’ endeavor in breaking the ground for their descendents.

Dream of the Scarlet Chamber describes what happens after breaking ground – conquering the linguistic barrier while chasing the American Dream. Language is in and of itself a matrix. It takes at least three generations to crack the code, figure out the language game, understand the unspoken laws of the new land, and finally, to be able to provide a financially and spiritually free life for the descendants to pursue their passions and dreams. In East Asian mythology, the Red Thread of Fate usually represents predestined passions between men and women. In this project, we extend the concept to the Ouroboros and the Eternal Knot – it not only symbolizes the karmic cycle between all beings but also describes the bondage of the stereotypes and limitations imposed on our existence.

By cutting off the red ties, we 斷 sever the Kizuna fetters that confine us, 捨 shed off our ego,  and 離part the Red Dust of the world, and thereon unite us all as one.