Say Ah II (Registers)

"Woven receipt tapes reflect various registers of legibility, offering me competing forms of simultaneous suppression and deliverance through an open-mouthed ‘Ah’ of pain, ecstasy, loss, relief, and stamina. (One register is my childhood diary entries, another Asian celebrities, and yet another, Asian American celebrities; my college degrees, people I've dated, brands of food I've binged on, Catholicism, naturopathy, cognitive psychology, fictional white characters, clothing brands, family gatherings, summer camp experiences, European philosophers, and so on, are others.) Each register (from the ostensibly deeply private to the generic or commonplace) creates points of inflection, transition, conjugation, or criticality with others."

— Jennie E. Park