This offset print is based on a photograph from my family's archive, originally taken by a relative in Vietnam. The image depicts the Tây Ninh Holy See, a place that has become a recurring visual motif throughout my work. Although I spent a portion of my childhood in Tây Ninh, I never had the opportunity to visit the temple before immigrating to the United States. This piece reflects on how family photographs can shape our relationship to a place that was once home.
Dimensions: 13 x 18.5"
Materials: Offset, metallic ink on paper
Thuong Hoai Tran
(Austin)
Thương Hoài Trần (she/they) is a Vietnamese American immigrant whose background informs their interdisciplinary art practice. Using family photographs to pay homage to their ancestral history and reconciling the gaps and barriers experienced by those in diasporic communities, including displacement, loss of language, and generational disconnect.