Kim Eap, Chantheavy Plong, Daniella Thach

Kim Eap, Chantheavy Plong, Daniella Thach is comprised of three floating silhouettes of the Angkor Wat temple embodying a performance of renown apsara dancer, Princess Bopha Devi, filtering through each tower of the temple. The pieces are titled with the names of the artist’s grandmother, mother, and self. Their grandmother's structure is the brightest one, and as light filters through gossamer screens it becomes dimmer and the image loses its quality. Kim Eap, Chantheavy Plong, Daniella Thach visualizes of the loss of culture across generations and questions the future of progeny’s ability to preserve this identity.

Made at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019.

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