I hear, I heard, I am listening

rice paper, 2024

I hear, I heard, I am listening explores the transitory paths of King and her family across time, borders, and cultures.

The soundmounds scattered through the hotel room are physical manifestations of soundwaves sourced from homes, voices, and sites that exist in-between the binary extremes of belonging and nonbelonging for the artist.

The amalgamation of soundmounds represent the fluxual convergence and divergence of her personal and familial memories across the globe, and protean states of existence. 

In an untraditional use of calligraphy paper, King subverts our understanding of material as static, embodying the concepts of flux and multitudes she is exploring. 

The fragile soundmounds sit vulnerably in the trail of the footsteps of the artist, tracing her inhabitance of the room. The hotel room - a liminal space, and a nomadic home, becomes a host to cross-cultural and cross-continental dialogues. 

The artwork exists in dialogue with the visitors to the room who must become conscious of their steps as they navigate the fragile forms.