Graduate Studies

Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design (MA, MDes and MFA)

Sheetal Prasad

HENNA

A mehndi mural with an AR video depicting anti-Asian propaganda and home videos. It depicts a dialogue between my dual identity.

“In the 1990s, a more tolerant attitude towards minorities and support for multicultural/mosaic ideologies came more easily to Canadians, however, there have been times when the notion of multiculturalism has come under attack, making immigrants feel that despite the country’s reputation, they were still expected to assimilate and thus become an ‘ideal’ Canadian. Regardless of what year it is, South Asians continue to experience racism. Even my family and I dealt with it in the early 2000s in Vaughan, immediately after 9/11, at the border, in schools, from neighbours, and through the subtlety of the passing gaze.”