Index of the Unknown is a card catalog that has my identification number with my visitor information in the drawer.

The drawers on either side are locked and in numerical order, I have thought about how I will never know the identities of people who is before me, or after me. The countries they came from and what for? What was their migration story?

I started to think about what even is a US visa? And why is it that a single piece of paper with a number on it identifies myself in this country? Why is it difficult to achieve this status?

Index of the Unknown is a collection of my current and former personal “visitor information,” my entries, and exits into the United States as a migrant, through Form I-94. For migrants, Form I-94 represents being tracked and recorded in the United States. In response, my piece Index of the Unknown was installed in a small room to parallel the emotional experience of living in the United States.