"From sources of metaphorical (and literal) light and hope, she constructs immersive installations illuminating her heritage and commenting on the ephemeral natures of culture and personal identity. In the flooding neon light she finds power, serving as a language of her own, allowing for the dramatic creation of ‘shrines and offerings to the sacrifices [her] family made.’"
Bianca Petrova for The Oxford Blue.
Daniella Thach is a Cambodian American artist working in light sensitive materials and new media. They are based in Chicago, IL and use they/them/she/her pronouns.
“Language is also a place of struggle…We are wedded in language, have our being in words... Dare I speak to oppressed and oppressor in the same voice? Dare I speak to you in a language that will move beyond the boundaries of domination — a language that will not bind you, fence you in, or hold you?…The oppressed struggle in language to recover ourselves, to reconcile, to reunite, to renew. Our words are not without meaning, they are an action, a resistance.”
Bell Hooks, Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Practice
Home zine, offset printed edition of 90, 2019.