This is Tala
B. 2002
MA of East Asian Studies, Stanford University, 2024-2026
BA of Economics, Vassar College, 2020-2024
Video art, performance art, sculpture
Tala is a MA student still trying to figure out what to do with her life. Since high school, she’s struggled between doing what she loves and doing what seems “realistic.” For a moment, she gave in to practicality and majored in Economics. But because she could never fully give up on art, she spent most of her college time making artwork and studying art history.
Eventually, she realized passion might be the only thing that truly sustains motivation. So she decided to continue her studies and Puresue what genuinely interests her.
She’s now at Stanford University, studying Tibetan Buddhist rituals and their transformations in Mongolia. This website is a collection of Tala’s art. Through video, performance, and sculpture, She explores ideas of self, gender, religion, and the continual reimagining of the world around her.
塔拉是一个还在思考’人生到底要干嘛’，’需要做什么工作才能养活自己’的绝望的研究生。高中起，她就因为放弃不了自己喜欢的事情，但同时担心干自己喜欢的事养不活自己，于是短暂的向现实低头，在大学选择主修经济。因仍然无法放下自己喜欢的事情，所以大学大半时间还是泡在了做艺术作品和学习艺术史中。最后她坚定的认为人必须要干自己喜欢的事才会有动力，于是选择继续读研究生来探索自己感兴趣的领域。
现在，她在斯坦福大学研究藏传佛教仪式，及其在蒙古的延续与变形。
这是一个关于塔拉的艺术作品的网站。她喜欢用影像，行为艺术，和雕塑来探索和表达自己的想法—-关于自己，女性，宗教及文化的再幻想。