‘Eastern Touch’ - a fluid and
murky weave of fragmented footage, uninhabited by conventional boundaries, is
an exploration of identity from a transcultural perspective. Dressed in a
humorous and awkward guise, this work paradoxically comes from a longing for
connection, in a place of displacement. What can be described as a moving-image
collage, is made by forcibly stitching and patching together an accumulation of
personal video clips, performances, re-enactments of re-imagined memories, and
shared content sourced from family group chats and social media. All the
components communicate moments of encounters with sentimentally charged
imagery, objects, sounds and narratives, culturally significant and familiar to
Mojdehi. From this, an archive of encounters is built – a counter knowledge
system that offers a sense of belonging and home, for those adrift.
