{"id":18613,"date":"2025-05-11T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?post_type=student-work&#038;p=18613"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:47:01","slug":"beracah-peng","status":"publish","type":"student-work","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/","title":{"rendered":"Beracah Peng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;Year of The Snake: Nostalgia&#8217; is a physical manifestation my personal experience of the intersection between time and culture. Through my piece, I wanted to convey the cyclical nature of time and the nostalgia that it generates and inspires in conjunction with culture. The paper cutout puppets are representative of a traditional paper shadow puppet show I had the privilege of experiencing in China in 2013\u2013the previous year of the snake\u2013and the nostalgia I hold in my heart for that performance. The puppets decrescendo in size towards the right side, in order to represent movement and convey the life that is breathed into these puppets by the puppeteer. The tessellating main \u201cbody\u201d of the piece&#8211;the snake&#8211; represents time: an ever-evolving, ever-moving medium that phenomenally tends to repeat itself in patterns. It is worn on my head, emphasizing the face of my body in the current year of the snake, 2025, and contrasting between the tangible features of my face in the present and the intangible aspects of time, memory, and the past that is metaphorically represented in a paper medium. Between each component of the piece, the complicated and fascinating relationship between time and culture becomes a point of contention, conveyed through the vessel of the experiences that I have personally lived. Nostalgia, memories, and the past shaped my present self through the medium of my culture, which I continue to explore and better understand through art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1953\" height=\"1953\" data-id=\"18614\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001.jpeg 1953w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_001-16x16.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1953px) 100vw, 1953px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1939\" height=\"1939\" data-id=\"18615\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg 1939w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002-16x16.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1939px) 100vw, 1939px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2225\" height=\"2225\" data-id=\"18617\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003.jpeg 2225w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-2000x2000.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_003-16x16.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2225px) 100vw, 2225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2093\" height=\"2093\" data-id=\"18616\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004.jpeg 2093w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-2000x2000.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_004-16x16.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2093px) 100vw, 2093px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"18618\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-3000x3000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-3000x3000.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-2000x2000.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_005-16x16.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18615,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-18613","student-work","type-student-work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elective","tag-digital-fabrication-body"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;Year of The Snake: Nostalgia&#8217; is a physical manifestation my personal experience of the intersection between time and culture. Through...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1939\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1939\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/\",\"name\":\"Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-11T19:47:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg\",\"width\":1939,\"height\":1939},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Student Work\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Beracah Peng\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\",\"name\":\"Parsons Notes\",\"description\":\"a guide to your undergraduate experience\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes","og_description":"&#8216;Year of The Snake: Nostalgia&#8217; is a physical manifestation my personal experience of the intersection between time and culture. Through...","og_url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/","og_site_name":"Parsons Notes","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear","og_image":[{"width":1939,"height":1939,"url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/","name":"Beracah Peng - Parsons Notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-05-11T19:47:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Beracah_Peng_002.jpeg","width":1939,"height":1939},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/beracah-peng\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Student Work","item":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Beracah Peng"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/","name":"Parsons Notes","description":"a guide to your undergraduate experience","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-work\/18613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-work"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/student-work"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}