My Mother’s Voice(mails)

Four-channel video (16 minutes 34 seconds), 200-page spiral bound report, 2025

My Mother’s Voice(mails) is a two-part work built from 12 years of voicemails left by my mother.

The first part is a 200-page, spiral-bound report formatted like a corporate document. It analyzes every voicemail through charts and data, alongside full transcripts of the messages, which were originally recorded in Punjabi and Urdu. Over time, the report shows a growing distance between us, as her queries shift from my daily life to my partner and then to my children.

The second part is a four-channel, 16-minute video presented as a Zoom meeting between employees of The Unrequited Love Institute. They discuss whether a report like this should be made public or kept internal, treating a family archive as an institutional risk.

Made in collaboration with Amy Chou, Josh Belveal, Alex Cabrera, Luu Dagda, CJ Mascarelli, Tenea Hudson and Peyton Bailey. Photos by Deanna Dent.