In “Letters to My Father”, I asked my brother to write to me about things we cannot say to each other about my father. We wrote at the back of each other’s necks so that we have the freedom to say what we want and at the same time, reflect on our own words. It’s like a mirror, which is parallel to the photographs that we took of each other. It is a unique way of looking at ourselves as a double. I believe it is a constructed/constructive memory that only imagery can do. It is a shared experience of understanding without knowing.
I continue to experiment with this mode of experiential image making in my work, utilizing performance art with photography, text and video. Although my subject matter is layered with issues around language, religion, gender and family ties, I choose to focus on exploring the different forms of artistic exchange and abstractions, rather than the narrative content.