Andrea Chung

In this series of prints, Andrea Chung unpacks the notions of history and time in tourism advertisements for Jamaican resorts. Chung recontextualizes this language by combining phrases in Jamaican Patois and found photographic imagery. She also uses blind embossing, or stamping without ink, to create a raised text or image that makes visible the local workforce supporting the tourism industry.

Chung explains, “By manipulating photographs and tourism imagery, I investigate how The Land has been sold through picturesque fantasy and fantastic copy. I ask the viewer to question the ‘real,’ the seen, and unseen in order to navigate these conflicting narratives.”

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