{"id":121,"date":"2016-05-06T11:23:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/finding-hudea\/"},"modified":"2016-10-27T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:37:16","slug":"finding-hudea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/finding-hudea\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Hudea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Ava I-Wen Huang<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>A mixed-media installation which reveals the stories behind an object, a balloon-wrapped smartphone. A project about my journey to reach and talk to refugees online.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-121 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462402916_cast_hand_database.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>This project is a mixed-media installation with projection. It reveals the stories behind an object, a smartphone inside a balloon, which is the symbol for a refugee&#039;s smartphone. The installation includes video projection documenting my dialogue with the refugees I met online. This project is my journey to reach, talk to and understand life of the refugees. I created Hudea as a name for Syrian refugees. I chose to create a fictional name, because their real names, combined with other information, could risk revealing their real identities and cause trouble. I want to embody my conflict and emotion and make them tangible as a video sculpture. <\/p>\n<p>I never meet the refugees in person, however my connection with them feels real. I want to make a life-like experience, through documentary approach. All the videos of my dialogue with refugees are true stories, I did screen recording every time I talked to them to keep record of it. My ultimate goal is to bring together the refugees and non-refugees, to help understand the refugees are just like everybody else.<\/p>\n<h3>Classes<\/h3>\n<p>Thesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ava I-Wen Huang A mixed-media installation which reveals the stories behind an object, a balloon-wrapped smartphone. A project about my journey to reach and talk to refugees online. Description This project is a mixed-media installation with projection. It reveals the stories behind an object, a smartphone inside a balloon, which is the symbol for a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/finding-hudea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finding Hudea<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16506,132,462,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ava-i-wen-huang","category-gabe-barcia-colombo","category-projects","category-thesis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}