In my new work, I explore the poetic and political potential of language. I utilize quotations of ‘found-poems’

in construction of images and objects in order to examine the inextricable link between language and

formation of subjectivity, and the possibility of heterolingual address across imagined geography of East

and West.

Inspired by Asian American literature, such as Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, my work examines the

relationship between the act of enunciation and power. My work stems from my reflection on the

psychological space in which interstitial subjects inhabit.

By using the intangible means of light, translucency of watercolor, and fragmented language, I evoke sense

of loss, impossibility to fully retain our memories of loss, and both necessity and insufficiency of language in

the process of healing. Thus, my work is a post-mortem reflection on time, disease (insofar as an inability to

speak like a native speaker could be considered a disease), memory and morbidity, and healing through

reflection.