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Tiffany Chung

Tiffany Chung’s ‘For the Living’ at National Mall, Washington DC

Aug 18 - Sep 18, 2023

A sprawling map of the world that traces the global routes of Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees from the Vietnam War, adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Tiffany Chung’s For the Living is a monumental world map based on routes of exile, including those taken by the Southeast Asian diaspora as a result of the Vietnam War. Chung explores this narrative of immigrant and refugee movement by inviting viewers to reimagine how these pathways contribute to the story of US geography and belonging. Each line on the map, conveyed through a color-coded calibrated rope, corresponds to routes by boat (blue), land (orange), and air (yellow). Placed in proximity to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Chung’s work uses, as she notes, “the Vietnamese experience as an anchor point and reminder of America being a second chance that many people have risked their lives for.”

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