By Mel Taing

“When I first met you, I didn’t have the language to call you by your name. Instead, I opened my mouth so I could taste you on my tongue. I think I understand you better this way -- by taste alone. I listen to my senses, and I leave the senseless people behind…”

By Kathy Wu and Ying Bonny Cai

“This collaborative piece illustrates migration stories across economic class and held by culture, hand-embroidered on a cotton-shirt that synthesizes silhouettes drawn from Eastern and Western cultures. This hand-made object tells a story of immigrant bodies within a global context of mass production…”