The installation combines photography and video surveillance documents to focus on the three connecting aspects of the lives of her three brothers, “fuel, food and longing” (a twist on “Gas, Food and Lodgings”). Rather than raising a Chinese–Canadian story on these recurring themes in a documentary format, she opts to experiment with the notion of personal/impersonal observation striving for a non–traditional, non–linear representation of their aspirations to succeed in building their lives in Canada.
