Disappeared in America
“It’s About Who You Know And Who You Hang With.” This is the name of a mixed-media installation by Jeeyun Ha and Naeem Mohaiemen. The installation highlights the detention of migrants who form a part of the invisible underclass in the U.S. But the effort by these artists is also a part of a more ambitious, and highly laudable, political attempt at representation and intervention. A video from the project is currently on show at the 2006 Whitney Biennale in New York City.
“It’s About Who You Know And Who You Hang With” also makes use of a few of my poems from Passport Photos. I’m delighted to be a part of this art-work. Here is one of the poems that the artists have used:
Shucks, that’s brilliant!
Where can I read the rest of your poems, including this one?
Comment by fingers — February 28, 2006 @ 5:03 pm