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Tangled Roots (Assembled)
Photography by Andrew DeCarlo My thesis is about a diasporic identity that exists along the lines of interpersonal connection as well as individuality; insofar as this, my thesis is about love.
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Tangled Roots (Ideation Pages)
Filling out these pages is and always will be the first step to creating a new link which keeps my conceptual and technical ideations/plans organized and documented. The ones shown here are links that I haven't gotten the chance to make, but due to... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: 18)
This link is dedicated to my 18 birthday. A milestone that a much younger version of me had convinced myself that I would not reach.
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Tangled Roots (Link: Aja)
This link dictates the "simple" relationship I shared with my paternal grandfather. I only had the pleasure of knowing him for a few years in my early childhood which resulted in this limited and diffracted sense of who he was and what he meant to... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Clear Directions)
I entered the Clear Directions treatment program as a lost teenager with substance abuse issues. This program not only set me back on my educational track, but also a mental health one. Although things were rocky for a while after I left, I drew... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Date of Sobriety)
As the title suggests, this link represents the relationship I have with my date of sobriety. For privacy reasons, this links ideation page is not on display.
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Tangled Roots (Link: DRPT)
Dedicated to the relationship I have with the Drawing and Painting program at OCAD U - specifically around the influence and encouragement I gained from the artist and professor Scott Everingham. He left a larger impact on my creative process and... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Mom)
I see this link as the most vulnerable piece to the collection. I've had such a complicated relationship with my mother -from a time full of lots of anger and negativity until we grew together and learned to respect and care for one another. I was... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Nana)
Dedicated to the relationship I have with my chosen (non-biological) grandfather - an incredibly caring man who I could not have more love and respect for. He (and his family) helped raised me and my brother in a loving, caring and supportive... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Sam)
This link was definitely one of the hardest to ideate because I had no idea how I was going to encapsulate the incredibly special and unique relationship I have with my partner. At the risk of sounding cliche, he has seen me at my lowest and my... More
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Tangled Roots (Link: Vincent)
this is the only link that I am truly not satisfied with. The thing is, I think there is nothing that I could have made or done that would feel like it adequately captures this special relationship. Detailing the relationship of my late best... More
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Tangled Roots (Shoulder Piece)
The shoulder piece is a functional object in which it's main purpose is to facilitate the wearability of the work. stamped on the front are my initials "SS" acting as a label to the identity this chain belongs to.
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Sarah Samlalsingh
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“In Trinidad, I am Canadian. In Canada, I am Trinidadian. Anywhere I am, I am nowhere according to the labels of identity ascribed to diasporic people by those who have taken the land for themselves....” [More]