Hydrant Diaspora (Family Album)- Work in progress

Description: 15-20 13"x19" photographic prints

Dialogues, complaints, appeals, outbursts, and snippets of recollection of New York immigrants of different backgrounds (including the author’s own) are recorded and recreated from the hydrant's point of view. Can be presented as an immigrant album or as recorded voices. Fire Hydrant Color Coding and Instruction Manual will also be included.

Note: See “On Diasporic Intimacy” in Boym, The Future of Nostalgia

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