Po Po (Myanmar)

Identity Lost (installation, photograph, video, 2000 – 2006, format: DVD)
Statement:
"when I make digital graphic design,
sometime I apply the affect of overlapping technique,
for example; multiply, colour burn, saturation, etc ...
i intended to get the new one from overlapping of two pictures,
sometime good, sometime not.
strong colours and deep tones are committed and
weak colours and soft tones are lost.
and i interested in the identity of people and the facts determined on it.
i talked about it with my friends for many days.
all of them said terribly that, they think, they lost their identity many time.
I decided to do ‘ identity lost ‘ project.
today, some people say globalization
which is, I think, overlapping of multiple cultures.
here again, I wanted to know,
what are committed and what are lost in this situation.
i met one hundred people of different countries (almost local people)
and made conversation with them
about their view on identity in local and global context.
i recorded not only their voice in their mother tongue, but also their portraits
(four persons in one frame, using multiple exposure technique).
the people that you see in my photographs are not real.
they are the out come of overlapping.
i have to say two things about meeting with 100 people.
first, I intended to get the strong volume out of many people as symphony orchestra.
second, I intended to give new experience to the audience all the time.
i think, voice of one hundred people will be never repeated for the audience.
even if s/he comes for third time, it can not be happen the same situation."
(Po Po)

Exhibition venue: WRM
Reason of refusal: Myanmar language (censor committee didn't understand), inappropriate exhibition venue)
Final exhibition venue: SOC