Ari Zuaro

My work explores the various ways dislocation shapes the human experience. Dislocation being the separation of a joint where two things once met, it can be very painful and temporarily deform. In many ways we as humans are all dis-located. Disorientation and dislocation are tactics that have been utilized by those in power throughout history as a means to control and isolate. Yet I wonder if it is through dis-location; when we arrive at the in-between where the ruptures and fissures emerge, that we might truly begin to locate one another. I have been inspired by my walks around Philadelphia and in particular Chinatown. Thinking about the current fight to save Philadelphia's Chinatown, and those across the U.S. I have been inspired by traditional Chinese artifacts and more hybridized objects. In doing so I seek to connect to my own roots, and shed light on the ways in which tradition, culture and identity are iterative and transformative.



Best China Inn

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Su-me O's

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Best China Inn

$280.00



Su-me O's

$100.00


 

Best China Inn

$280.00



Su-me O's

$100.00



Best China Inn

$280.00



Su-me O's

$100.00