{"id":13491,"date":"2021-06-27T23:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T03:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?post_type=student-work&#038;p=13491"},"modified":"2021-06-27T23:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T03:20:58","slug":"abel-tan-2","status":"publish","type":"student-work","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/abel-tan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Abel Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My cultural object reflects the push and pulls I experience between the two cultures that I come from. I am Singaporean\/Indonesian, yet I am considered none of them amongst locals because of my unique upbringing. Masks, or \u2018topeng\u2019 in Indonesian, are a massive part of Indonesian culture and serve many different purposes: decorative, religious, ceremonious, and much more. I rendered the look and aesthetic of a \u2018topeng\u2019 through a Singaporean filter where people are brought up to \u2018\u2002\u2002t into shapes.\u2019 I broke down the mask into an amalgamation of platonic solids and inserted 2 images of myself within these shapes to represent the split between my two cultures, essentially creating a self-portrait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/abel-tan-2\/abel_tan_001-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13492\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13492\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Abel_Tan_001-1-1-2715x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2715\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Abel_Tan_001-1-1-2715x3000.jpg 2715w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Abel_Tan_001-1-1-1810x2000.jpg 1810w, 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