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What are the tangible and immaterial threads that tie us to our ancestors, and how are these
distilled throughout the diasporic community? Can reclaimed cultural practices transmute colonial
legacies and empower shared narratives of joy, beauty, and pride? In her debut solo exhibition at
re.riddle, entitled Warp/Weft, Filipina-Chinese-American artist Charlene Tan delves into the realm
of cultural simulacra and the poetics of materiality. Developing her own visual language, the artist
reinterprets traditional Filipino tribal weavings in her mosaic-like compositions. She intertwines
indigenous …