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A Pile of Methods

House and Home

This project explores how ideas of “home” mean for multinational individuals living in Melbourne. While the exterior houses often reflect a recognisably Australian aesthetic, the interior world like objects and memories that reveals deeply personal cultural identities. The project responds to the cultural invisibility of the emotional and symbolic parts of “home” that migrants are rarely represented in public space. Through interviews and visual documentation, the project translates personal memories into a shared visual narrations, using graphic systems to make hidden stories visible in public space.

Role
 Project director
 Concept developer
 Riso print-maker

Key task
 Conducted interview-based research on migrant experiences of home
 Translated lived narratives into visual documentation

Award
 RMIT Responsible Practice - Belonging Award

A visual archive translating personal memories of home into a shared graphic system.

Interviews & Lived Narratives

Interviews were conducted with participants from diverse cultural backgrounds to understand how memories and daily practices shape their sense of home. Apart from extracting data, the research prioritised their voice and language as design material.

Personal narratives are organised into a modular publication system balancing intimacy and public readability

Exhibition as Public Sharing Interface

A shared pile. A held story. A shifting system. A lived corner.

A Pile of Work

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