Type: Collages
Material: Paper
Year: 2024
“We only exist within a context and are a product of our environment.”
Does the I Exist? Is a series of A3 collages that act as a material research into the migration of Hakka Chinese people from China to Surinam and from Surinam to the Netherlands. Though little to be found on the internet, the effects of which are very present in the Chinatown of Rotterdam. It is a personal work that acts as a reflection of Hooi-Ying’s own Dutch-Chinese identity, their family’s connection to Surinam and the way their surroundings have shaped them.