Textures of a memory by Dinh Q. Lê @dinhq.le Here, portraits of Khmer Rouge victims, taken from interrogation photographs, are embroidered onto cloth. These portraits are hard to see at first, but Dinh’s intent is for the images to emerge over time. “I want viewers to read the portraits like Braille,” he says. “When the series is exhibited, viewers will be invited to touch the embroidered parts, and the oil from their hands will darken the white threads. The images will become more articulated a
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Textures of a memory by Dinh Q. Lê @dinhq.le Here, portraits of Khmer Rouge victims, taken from interrogation photographs, are embroidered onto cloth. These portraits are hard to see at first, but Dinh’s intent is for the images to emerge over time. “I want viewers to read the portraits like Braille,” he says. “When the series is exhibited, viewers will be invited to touch the embroidered parts, and the oil from their hands will darken the white threads. The images will become more articulated a
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