[Map Stories] This is an ongoing series dealing with identity, created for specific cultural contexts.This piece uses a text that equates the sound of a foreign language with breathing and 'contamination;' living in the same apartment building, sharing a neighborhood with others that are not of the same culture as the reader of the text.

"Breath"
This piece uses a text that equates the sound of a foreign language with breathing and 'contamination;' living in the same apartment building, sharing a neighborhood with others that are not of the same culture as the reader of the text.
PERHAPS IT'S ABOUT SHARING SPACE WITH SOMEONE DIFFERENT, NOT JUST THEIR LANGUAGE IT'S SOUND, BUT ALSO IT'S TASTE. WORDS ARE BREATH OUT FROM ONE LUNG TO ANOTHER. LANGUAGES, VIRUSES, INFECTIONS, THE SMELL OF STRONG ODORS EMANATING FROM AN APARTMENT DOWN THE HALL.
The text is displayed as a looped animation, while other animations underscore the intimacy of breathing in the same air- two bodies/lungs inhale and exhale + and - symbols in the opening screen. The viewer is asked to submit 'yes' or 'no' responses to the question Should foreign influences be filtered out of one's country, and additionally to respond to- How do you define foreign? These answers are displayed chronologically over the course of the exhibition, and may be scrolled through by viewers. Optionally, pre-printed inkjet prints may also be added to the display with hand-applied + or - stamps that show the collective answers over the course of the exhibition, creating a growing documentation over time.

"Blood"
PERHAPS IT'S ABOUT SHARING SPACE WITH SOMEONE DIFFERENT, NOT JUST THEIR LANGUAGE IT'S SOUND, BUT ALSO IT'S TASTE. WORDS ARE BREATH OUT FROM ONE LUNG TO ANOTHER. LANGUAGES, VIRUSES, INFECTIONS, THE SMELL OF STRONG ODORS EMANATING FROM AN APARTMENT DOWN THE HALL.br>

The text is displayed as a looped animation, while other animations underscore the intimacy of'breathing in the same air:' two bodies/lungs inhale and exhale + and - symbols simultaneously in the opening screen.

The viewer is asked to submit 'yes' or 'no' responses to the question "Should foreign influences be filtered out of one's country," and additionally to respond to "How do you define foreign." These answers are displayed chronologically over the course of the exhibition, and may be scrolled through by viewers. Optionally, pre-printed inkjet prints may also be added to the display with hand-applied + or - stamps that show the collective answers over the course of the exhibition, creating a growing documentation over time