Immigration (2002)

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Paper-clay, stainless steel desk, sound.

Dimensions:  Variable. Stainless Steel table  5′ X 4′ X 2′   (152 cm X 121 cm X 61 cm)

Seeking ways to stay in the United States after my studies, I started obsessively Xeroxing the same photograph from my American visa on countless legal size paper. Each one of these sheets were soaked in slip clay (liquid form of clay), dried and fired in the kiln. Clay coated pieces were then peeled from the air pockets, occurred due to the burnt paper in the middle, to reveal the image of my visa photograph imprinted on fragile thin sheets of clay.

Mimicking a customs gateway, this installation was complete by a continuous sound of passports being stamped.