A recreation of the only food my interviewee brought with him when he fled Vietnam; homemade peanut-filled mochi balls. He ate one and gave the rest away to others on the boat. This was the start to how he was going to make a living...
An arrangement by Miranda Tomeneng of the piece "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones. The arrangement and the imagery included is inspired by an interview with Thuy Nguyen. Accompanied with an essay written by Miranda Tomeneng. [pdf-embedder url="https://missingpieceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-18_5d30b7d766219_MirandaTomaneng-GimmeShelterFinalProjectEssay.pdf"]...
I brought stones to be placed on the mourning white cloth, and wrote Việt pronouns/familial terms on the stones (like con, em, chị, anh, cô, chú, bác, etc.) as a way to reflect on how Viet culture understands the terms "you" and "I" to be...
A poster with poems written on puzzle pieces, titled "Broken Stories." The poems are based on interviews conducted with Dan an immigrant from Vietnam and Lan, a second-generation descendant of Vietnamese refugees, the film "New Year Baby" by Socheata Poeuv, and the text "Body Counts"...
Kim Tran sings a Vietnamese folksong "Cò Lả" accompanied by a bronze gong. The song's lyrics are about a flying crane going over green fields while missing/remembering (nhớ) home. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://missingpieceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-15_5d2cf61f2deee_CoLa.mp4"][/video]...
A Kroma ក្រមាខ្មែរ (scarf) submitted by Andrea Ng, to represent the experiences of her friend June Yihouy Bo and her family. Accompanied with an essay titled "Has the War Really Ended for Cambodians?" by Andrea Ng.[pdf-embedder url="https://missingpieceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Andrea-Ng.pdf" title="Andrea Ng"]...
A "Passport" created by Alicia Phang that shows how her parents used their diverse, mixed heritage of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Khmer identities as a strategy for survival at different times and locations. ...
A booklet containing photographs, descriptions, and poems by Jennifer Pham, representing several trips to Vietnam. The booklet is dedicated to her grandmother and grandfather, an officer of the ARVN. ...
A painting titled "Con Muốn Giúp" by Percilla Mirhadi, that depicts childrens toys, military weapons, the South Vietnamese flag, and name "C. Nguyen." ...
