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Who Belongs? This piece is based on a quote that I had heard at a protest held by students at the University of Utah in defense of DEl. We gathered because of the unfair and unjust closing of multiple of the University of Utah's DEI centers on campus in relation to an anti-DEl law that was put into place just before the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Some centers that were closed were the LGBT Resource Center, the Women's Resource Center, and the Center for Equity and Student Belonging. The quote was from one of the student speakers who told our crowd; "The funny thing about insects is that they are often more scared of you than you are of them", while she was talking about the lawmakers who created HB 261 that gave the U an excuse to close these critical centers of belonging. Taking that to heart, and quite literally, I created this piece in response. When you preach belonging on campus and then turn around and close centers that explicitly exist to create safe spaces for minorities and people who have been othered for generations, people notice.
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The Handshaker TM The Handshaker TM is a device that allows one to network safely and effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an artificial hand mounted on an Extender TM that can reach up to 6 feet. The piece is satirical, commenting on the need to continue working “as usual” during a global pandemic.
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No Place to Call Home No Place to Call Home represents the clash of the artist’s Korean and American identities. It depicts a Korean hanbok, a traditional cultural dress, made of American flags. As an Korean-American, or any mixed race, you can often feel out of place in both cultures.
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Yad Yad is a commentary on modern antisemitism
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Hot Wheels Named after the toy a mall Santa suggested when he heard a 5-year old boy ask for a Barbie, "Hot Wheels" is based on the shame boys with feminine interests feel when they are socialized to feel as such. A baby blue coffin is the final resting place for a collection of disfigured dolls, a mournful symbol of burying one's feelings to conform.
