An exhibition marked the end of the residency and the launch of the zine and signs.
Exhibition view, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM.
Where are your roots? The public was invited to map their, their parents’, or their grandparents’ migration journies on a hand-drawn map of the world.
Where do you feel belonging? Then they could plot their places of belonging on an adjacent map of Albuquerque, and connect the two.
Connecting the adjacent maps.
Participants adding places of belonging in Albuquerque.
They could also contribute to collective definitions of belonging.
A sample response.
The Belonging Zine Release and Open-Studio-in-Closing was on view July 7–28, 2017 at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory.
Exhibition: Christine Wong Yap with public participants, Belonging, 2017, mixed media, dimensions variable. Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM.
Photos with icon: Michael Apolo Gomez.