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 'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', menstrual blood, earth, incense, mixed media on paper and fabric, 90” x 72” x 40”, 2012. |  'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', menstrual blood, earth, incense, mixed media on paper and fabric, 90” x 72” x 40”, 2012. |
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 'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', menstrual blood, earth, incense, mixed media on paper and fabric, 90” x 72” x 40”, 2012. |  'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', menstrual blood, earth, incense, mixed media on paper and fabric, 90” x 72” x 40”, 2012. |
 'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', menstrual blood, earth, incense, mixed media on paper and fabric, 90” x 72” x 40”, 2012. |  'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', family photographs, 2012. |
 'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', family photographs, 2012. |  'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', family photographs, 2012. |
 'My roots are all sick (Broken Heirlooms)', family photographs, 2012. |
This series of drawings was an installation I made to commemorate my Chinese ancestry. It was made after discovering the cross-generational trauma and mental illnesses within the women in my biological family. It provoked research on the genetic qualities of mental health and the phenomenon of inheriting trauma on a physiological level.
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