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print this pageSoft Ruins: Mending the Self Through Photography
Diana Noh
Saturday, October 11 - 11:00AM to 11:15AM
Wayne State University
refractured is a body of work that transforms emotional memory into visual form through the reconstruction of photographs. Drawing from my upbringing between the United States and Korea, I revisit fragmented and often hidden emotions tied to cultural displacement and personal history. By tearing, burning, stitching, and mending large-scale photographs, I echo the process of recovery—acknowledging both the vulnerability and resilience within emotional scars. This presentation will share my conceptual framework, working process, and selected pieces from the series, illustrating how photographic surfaces can embody memory, trauma, and repair. In refracturing the past, I embrace imperfection as a site of growth and reflection. The talk will also consider how artistic practice can function as a form of self-therapy, turning wounds into layered spaces of refuge.
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