Lived and Unlived

Lived experience and cultural memory are often partial, altered, or translated through time and distance. The lidded form suggests that what is passed down is preserved across generations, yet not always fully accessible. The vessels hold absence as much as presence, reflecting the fragmented nature of cultural memory and the ways in which it is preserved, transformed, and reinterpreted across generations.

This series of lidded containers explores how second-generation diaspora identity is formed not through direct experience of migration, but through what is passed down - fragments of language, cultural practices, family stories, and what remains unspoken.