Incorporating elements of cartography, visual semiotics and textile design, this audio-visual installation (audio not included here) was the culmination of an autoethnographic study of the feelings behind migrating for my family and myself. Comprised of the cities in – and outside of – Jamaica, with their corresponding road maps and flora, this work displayed twelve unique digitally printed panels of spaces ‘before’ and ‘after’, linked by a hand-dyed devoré ‘bridge’ of the cities.  

 Visitors to the show at the OCAD University 2019 Graduate Exhibit (GradEx 104) were encouraged to engage with the work organically. Some immediately immersed themselves amidst the fabrics to comprehend the visual elements, while others sat at the audio booth provided across from the installation to listen to the recordings from my family members and myself. These recordings told stories about the memories attached to places as the things which marked our immigration journey rather than the physical journeys themselves. Each panel represents a stop on that memory journey, and the exhibit allowed viewers to join that journey.