Old Cardboard

Old Cardboard reflects on the fall of communism in Romania through the lens of America’s pastime, baseball. Growing up in New York City as a Romanian American, I assumed a mixed identity that was influenced by my parents’ Romanian culture at home and day to day American culture from school and television. Having roots in both cultures, defined me as a third culture kid. Old Cardboard is a multimedia research project that consists of a custom set of baseball cards, archival video, and photographic transfers that show two polar historical events colliding. The story follows the Romanian Revolution that occurred on December 21st, 1989, and the Loma Prieta earthquake that transpired in San Francisco during Game 3 of the World Series on October 17th, 1989. How does a revolution and baseball collide? To answer this question, I dig through personal anecdotes and historical research.