Vietnamese, Tier ①

- 14 x 14 inches 
- Fine art giclee print 
- Edition of 10
- Hand-deckled edge

(2023) The first of the collection. The instigator that created the collection. This sweet piece of liquid (actually radically strong and bitter, but sweet as a feeling of receiving it) was the only thing that could be relied on aside from gasoline, whilst riding through the entire country of Vietnam. Also the only word of the language that could be understood escaping my pleading mouth, “ca-phe?!” I made friends over this beverage, the way one commonly does with cigarettes. Men wearing US military gear would take photos of us drinking this sweet tar, then walk behind us so they could be in the photo too. It would give the headspins like a cigarette too - so naturally I’d go for seconds.