Ashlyn Koh

Exploring the relationship between home and self through collecting

Archived expands the spatial concept of home through emotional ties utilising nostalgia through the perspective of an immigrant with multiple homes in mind. Collecting is offered as a potential method of making-home practice through its ability to grasp moments of the mundane, providing personal narratives in the form of identity and memory.

My practical project, Museum of Memory, roots from the learning of two other prior practices MERRY and I was born a fish with legs. Through MERRY, creation of a collectible, I attempted to evoke the joy of collecting through nostalgic recollection of home and the holiday season. The autobiographic picture storybook I was born a fish with legs then explores the subjective reasoning behind collecting and the healing potential through making-home. Lastly, Museum of Memory, an AR interactive picture book, merges both practices together to make collecting a universal experience.