Misa Chhan: Year of the Snake

Designed by Los Angeles-based artist Misa Chhan (they/them), Year of the Snake is a two-part installation composed of 20 flags and 10 aluminum prints that honor the legacy and resilience of Cambodian diasporic communities and the artist’s own family. To create each series of works, the artist drew upon a range of domestic materials –curtains, doilies, archival family photo albums, and furniture from their family home– and continued their exploration of the color blue via indigo dyeing and cyanotype processes. Taken together, Chhan’s installation explores how we make home and belonging through journeys from one country to another, from one realm to another, and even in the everyday transitions and changes from one moment to the next.