Woven Histories, Woven Futures, 1965 by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya & Woven Futures, Woven Histories, 2065 by Laura Anderson Barbata

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya. The Hart-Celler Act marked a radical break in policy upholding the homogeneity of the United States. It ushered in an influx of immigration over the next few decades from Africa and from Asia. Two of those immigrants included my parents, who journeyed from two different Southeast Asian countries, met in Georgia and had me. While opening up opportunity and hope for some immigrants, the act also made life painful for many Latinx communities who saw more immigration restrictions. This work is both full of hope and full of tension. It depicts three figures of Asian, Black and Latinx descent, defiantly filling the frame, linked through the threads of a tapestry, the fabr...View all