Sounds of the Boundless Ocean unfolds across installation, soundtrack, photograph, and performance, acting as a temporal portal between past and present. Inspired by the trans-Pacific journeys of 19th-century Chinese immigrants, the work evokes the tensions of migration—hope, isolation, and uncertainty.

Tight ropes and soft balloon curves suggest opposing forces, while flickering lights and rhythmic beats embody the cyclical movements of history and memory. Through its kinetic construction and live performance, the work suspends viewers within temporal thresholds, guiding them through histories of racial trauma and diasporic experience.

The balloons—fragile and unmoored—become metaphors for migrant labor and identity, which, like history itself, are continuously dissolving and reforming in cycles of erasure and regeneration.

Installation: 150"(W) x 180"(L) x 160"(H) | balloons, LED lights, LED controller, electrical wires, ropes, pulleys, railroad spikes, fabrics
Soundtrack: 7 minutes | two-channel sound recording, four speakers
Photograph: 24 x 36" | archival inkjet print
Performance: 7 minutes | performed live at the Coulter Gallery on February 22, 2023