IN-TRANSIT

IN-TRANSIT explores hybrid identity shaped by living between Thai and American cultures. Through layered images, doubled figures, and spatial installations, the work visualizes coexistence between cultural worlds that overlap without fully merging.

N-TRANSIT is an ongoing body of work shaped by my experience of living between Thai and American cultures. It reflects a hybrid identity formed through two homes, two languages, and two ways of belonging that exist together rather than replace one another. Memory moves between these worlds, carrying fragments of place, ritual, and lived experience.

In 2 Natchas, I photograph myself holding hands with my other self — one body in jeans, the other in traditional Thai dress. The image holds both identities at once. Neither replaces the other, yet they do not fully merge. This dual presence forms the emotional foundation of the project.

Many images appear slightly doubled through red and cyan anaglyph construction. The colors sit just apart, creating a gentle misalignment. When viewed through 3D glasses, one layer becomes clear while the other recedes, yet both remain present. This shifting perception mirrors how memory and identity overlap — not singular or stable, but layered and coexisting across cultures.

Domestic spaces, ritual objects, and gestures carry memory. Thai and American homes begin to inhabit the same visual field, as recollection and present experience intermingle. In translucent fabric installations, images from both places coexist in layered, semi-transparent space that viewers physically move through. The work becomes something inhabited, echoing the experience of living inside overlapping cultural worlds.

Across the project, images are fragmented, cut, and reassembled — like pieces of memory that never fit into a single whole. Identity emerges not fixed or complete, but continuously reconstructed from lived experience.

IN-TRANSIT is not about choosing between cultures. It is about holding two worlds at once, and learning to exist within their tension, memory, and overlap.