My Image Family Home 1 from my Familiar Stranger series (still work in progress) was selected as Highly Commended in the 2021 Global SinoPhoto Awards.
This photo collage explores the physical location of our family home, which was knocked down in the 90s to make way for luxury condo. The image explores the idea of family lineage connected by a physical site.
The image was on display at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, UK from February 16 – May 14, 2022.
Below is quoted from MEAA’s Instagram account announcement:
The GSPA panel, who awarded this piece with a Highly Commanded distinction 🥇, reflected:
“This work uses superimposition to disrupt time and space, new and old, past and present in places and people, clearly representing the flow of emotions and memories in an un-changing space” and “Cindy Lin has used photocollage and a mixed media approach her story around her family history. By bringing together old family photographs, sewing and collage she has created a three dimensional photographic object that explores the loss of her family home.”
This image reminds us of the power art has to help us navigate topics such as loss, memories and legacy.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to exhibit my work, in additions to all the press coverage the Awards have garnered:
CNN (USA)
The Guardian (UK)
The Times (UK)
