In this project, I explore the significance of a passport in shaping one’s life experience and identity within a particular place, culture, and system. Reflecting on the commodification of nature as a potential vestige of colonialism, I adopted the format of a passport with stickers from fruits and vegetables consumed while living in the US, mimicking stamps. The stamped approval in my passport is the reason I now inhabit a foreign land. This is a symbolic journey, shared with the fruits I consume, both of us crossing borders. I designed pages featuring mountains and palm trees mirroring the landscapes I encounter daily. Bound together, these pages bear the split inscription from Frantz Fanon: “the settler’s town is a well-fed town / its belly is always full of good things.” These crafted books invite tactile engagement and reading, embodying a narrative of personal and shared experiences across geographical and cultural boundaries.

Text in English and Portugese.