fragments of migration
fragments of migration is a Spanish-English video installation that
incorporates audio interviews with four transgender women from Mexico and one lesbian from El Salvador involved in the asylum process. Three screens with rear projection serve as dislocated frames that show representations of loss, asylum and institutional violence through interactive engagement with the audience. The audio is constantly playing but the screens are not inhabited by video and only
“perform” when an audience member “stands nearby.” Trinh T. Minh-ha’s quote: “I do not intend to speak [for the other], just speak nearby” is offered in the center screen as an invitation to “stand nearby” the screens in order to be able to experience the video that accompanies the audio.