Dual Life
2012 - 2019
2012 - 2019
I was switching lives between China and the U.S. as an international student for 6 years between 2012 and 2018. It happened a lot that while I was still digesting cultural shock, I had to get ready for the "reverse" cultural shock.
In this project, I placed photos that I took in China on the left side, and those that I took in the U.S. on the right. When two fragments of memories are juxtaposed, my sense of time and space starts to blur.
Living in Shanghai, I think of my time in the U.S. a lot, more in the sense of hindsight than nostalgia. It seems that I tend to do the same things and make similar observations no matter where I go. But I don’t think I belong anywhere because I do not fully identify with either culture. Maybe I will find out my place in the world some day, but I think I enjoy being not there.
In this project, I placed photos that I took in China on the left side, and those that I took in the U.S. on the right. When two fragments of memories are juxtaposed, my sense of time and space starts to blur.
Living in Shanghai, I think of my time in the U.S. a lot, more in the sense of hindsight than nostalgia. It seems that I tend to do the same things and make similar observations no matter where I go. But I don’t think I belong anywhere because I do not fully identify with either culture. Maybe I will find out my place in the world some day, but I think I enjoy being not there.
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