39x28 paper and ink on foam, click to expand
This mixed media piece explores the intersections of identity, heritage, and love. In her depiction of the pre-Communist South Vietnamese flag, Aimy recalls their motherland and the complicated legacy of feeling bound to the history of a country that has dramatically transformed since her parents fled after the fall of Saigon. A child born to immigrant parents lives perpetually between many cultures, walking in all, but at home in none. Nearly 3,000 sticky notes formed layers that create a rippling effect of a fluttering flag whose edges have been dipped in gold. The text in the center of the piece is a mesostic poem, one that can be read both horizontally and vertically, with each column of the overall poem also operating as its own individual poem. Recordings of the longer horizontal poem and each vertical poem in order are included below.
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12 poems depicted on next in line a visual art piece by Aimy Tien. The tracks correspond to an 11x9 mesostic poem in the center of the piece which can be read horizontally or vertically. The title track is the full horizontal poem read left to right. Each subsequent track is the separate poem in an individual vertical column.
