Contrail (Ouroboros)
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2024 / Photographic prints / 86 L x 24 W x 8 H in (219 x 61 x 21 cm)
Installation view at South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD.
"Ouroboros (Contrails)" is a series of linked photographs, creating a horizontal line composed of contrails, which are streaks of clouds produced by aircrafts. The line threads together different skies, sharing the same direction, following each other, and ultimately creating a loop that repeats itself. This work examines a shared connection between familiar atmospheres from different locations and times. With thoughts of heading East (per traditional cartography orientation), tracing my way back home to Vietnam, the initial intentions of defined points of departure and destination became questions of uncertainty and cyclical nature of our pursuits.
