I wish you knew me by my name

With the encounter of the current Vietnamese flag, my parents get upset. It’s the symbol of the regime they had fled. Instead, they will use the South-Vietnamese flag. A flag that is banished in the homeland. This flag is still used widely by the Vietnamese refugee diaspora who come from the exodus of the Vietnam-American war. It also carries the name “Lá cờ Tự do và Di sản”, meaning the heritage & freedom flag. “I wish you knew me by my name” is a research that questions representation of the individual vs. the collective & the ownership of space through the use of flags.