Artifacts of Mermory
Quynh Ngo, Kayla Tang
Medium: VR Museum
Collaboration: 2-person team
My Role: Co-creator, designer, and environment builder
Tools: New Art City · Blender · Adobe Photoshop
Artifacts of Memory is a virtual museum that honors the beauty and weight of the everyday. Each object in the space carries stories of love, survival, and cultural heritage. What others might overlook, we present as sacred — proof of the lives our families built and the memories that shape us.
In immigrant families, art isn’t framed—it’s lived, used, and passed down. Everyday objects become symbols of resilience, memory, and identity: tiger balm, a stack of red envelopes, a cookie tin of sewing supplies.
Our virtual museum invites visitors into our world, where personal objects are powerful expressions of migration and memory. Each item tells a story of how we, children of immigrants, find beauty and belonging in what others might overlook.
Project Overview
Role & Collaboration
Our virtual museum is created for children of immigrants and first-generation Americans who see art not just in galleries, but in the everyday objects that shaped their upbringing.
Audience
Our Goal
Turn everyday objects into art (Show that simple things are powerful pieces of culture and memory).
Create an emotional atmosphere.
Make it easy to navigate.
Give viewers a sense of belonging.
Used Blender to created UV Mapping for objects
