HUI-MIN TSEN

"All places exist somewhere between the inside and outside views of them, the ways in which they compare, and contrast, with other places ... Finding a fitting place for oneself in the world is finding a fitting place for oneself in a story." -- Lucy Lippard, Lure of the Local

I interviewed a dozen people across the city, asking them a series of questions concluding with where within the city they feel to be an insider. As they spoke, I transcribed their stories and, at the end, had them read the transcripion of the final question back to a recorder, along with directions on how to get there from my house. I followed their directions as if following a guidebook, and went alone, repeatedly, to visit and photograph their locations. When displayed, the photographs are accompanied by a video in which I mapped the route from my house to their locations with their stories providing the directions and narrative voice over.