In June 2020, I finished my ICP year long New Media Narratives Certification program. Congrats to my fellow classmates! Check out "How the Light Gets In" featuring our work on ICP's website.
Go to ICP's website to check out the exhibition my work: https://oyc2020.icp.org/Betty-Yu
A direct link to “Intimate/Distant” an interactive website, CLICK HERE
Sharing some images from the website here:
"Intimate / Distant" is an interactive web-based documentary project that tells my family’s immigrant stories spanning multiple generations through video, photographs, mixed media collages and archival materials.
The interactive experience features short video vignettes and images that provide a portal into my family’s journey beginning with the current COVID-19 global pandemic going back to the early days of Chinese Exclusion in 1882. These portals interweave my narration, poetic imagery, photography, archives, collages, verite style scenes and traditional interviews. During the Fall of 2019, I started to photograph my parents and the impact that gentrification has had on their daily life and future in New York City’s Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn. Then COVID-19 changed everything. Instead of photographing my parents in our family house, I have had to rely on FaceTime calls and my mom’s cell phone images to stay connected to them.
During this time of quarantine, turning inward also meant facing my own discomfort with turning the lens on myself. Specifically the pain and rage I’ve been feeling about the ongoing corona-related anti-Asian violence. This project especially during this pandemic, has allowed me to explore my internal and external life as a Chinese American who holds multiple generations of trauma and resilience in the U.S. These immersive stories provide a glimpse into understanding the experiences of Chinese-Americans that are intimately tied to the U.S. immigration narrative.
Stay safe and #BlackLivesMatter #Justice4GeorgeFloyd