Alya Hatta
Drawing on personal experiences and memories, Alya Hatta explores her Southeast Asian identity, and portrays the colourful intimacies of the diasporic human condition. Alya takes inspiration from the communities of both her South-London and Kuala Lumpur residences as well as Southeast Asian mythology to create alternate realities in an attempt to find new spaces in which she can call home. Community and ecology are key influences in her work. The backdrop of these new worlds framed by created a wilderness that bridges ecologies from Southeast Asia and Europe, with aims of rooting herself deeper and more securely in each location.
The materials within Hatta’s work are sourced locally in Southeast London - tires and chains from the junk at Bob’s bike, a random box of fabric trimmings from Aunty on East Street Market - these things curated by the community feed themselves into her work and physically embody the close relationships she has made with these wonderful individuals. Fabrics that carry Alya’s personal histories are sewn into her works in the form of her used clothes. Through new travels and the mundane, they weave their stories into to new worlds created in her works.
See Alya’s work below!
