My parents migrated to Australia in the late 50 s, my father and his family from The Netherlands and my mother and her family from Finland. Once here they recreated their interiors to feel like they were in their homelands. I grew up in these spaces and have inherited some of the objects that adorned them. The experience of these interiors contribute to this essay as a reflection on domestic spaces and the collection of objects within them. I respond to these objects through my art practice and surround myself with them at home because they feel like they are part of me and have helped me construct my identity as a first-generation Australian. The small objects I have collected and the stories attached to them are central to my art practice and part of my daily life. A mixture of functional and non-functional items; precious in terms of memories, they are keepsakes, souvenirs, some are whole and some just fragments. My interest is not in valuable or rare collections, the art of collecting or museological practices, but rather, creating personal memory museums that deal with the migrant experience. The objects I selected were all diminutive, often no larger than the palm of an adult’s hand because I wanted to explore the intimacy inherent in small objects. The processes and applications used in the painting and textile works, capture and amplify the significance of everyday objects in the construction of identity. Material exploration, painting, drawing and textile practices allow insightful discoveries into experiences related to migration, and narratives of belonging. To place these in a critical context, I draw upon the writing of Svetlana Boym on migrants and their connections to objects and on Susan Stewart and Gaston Bachelard on souvenirs and miniatures.

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小物件作为讲述归属和迁移故事的传递者

我的父母在 50 年代末移居澳大利亚，我的父亲和他的家人来自荷兰，我的母亲和她的家人来自芬兰。到了这里，他们重新创造了他们的室内设计，让他们感觉就像在他们的家乡一样。我在这些空间长大，并继承了一些装饰它们的物品。这些室内空间的体验有助于本文反思家庭空间和其中的物品收集。我通过我的艺术实践来回应这些物品，并在家中与它们在一起，因为它们感觉它们是我的一部分，并帮助我构建了我作为第一代澳大利亚人的身份。我收集的小物件和它们所附的故事是我艺术实践的核心，也是我日常生活的一部分。功能性和非功能性物品的混合；珍贵的回忆，它们是纪念品，纪念品，有些是完整的，有些只是碎片。我的兴趣不在于珍贵或稀有的藏品、收藏艺术或博物馆实践，而是创建处理移民经历的个人记忆博物馆。我选择的物品都很小巧，通常不比成年人的手掌大，因为我想探索小物件固有的亲密感。绘画和纺织作品中使用的过程和应用，捕捉和放大了日常物品在身份构建中的重要性。材料探索、绘画、素描和纺织实践可以让您深入探索与移民相关的经历和归属感。把这些放在一个关键的背景下，