See You at Home
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Dates2016 - Ongoing
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Author
- Topics Archive, Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, Fine Art, Social Issues
- Location Pennsylvania, United States
"See You at Home" is a personal narrative that centers on family, memory and the myth and melancholy surrounding the American Dream.
My parents, Shailendra and Sarla Kapoor, immigrated from India in 1973, settling in a small town of 10,000 people in rural Pennsylvania. They are one of only a few immigrant families in the region. While they left India for a better life, the shift from a collectivist nation to an individualistic one led to isolation just as much as it led to freedom. As they grow old in Pennsylvania with my sister and I no longer living nearby, their isolation only becomes more apparent to me.
"See You at Home" explores the dichotomy of home and homeland, freedom and isolation, collectivism and individualism. It illustrates this liminal space through contemporary photographs of my parents’ life in Pennsylvania, imbued with memories of their past: family album photos, VHS home videos and love letters.
