nothing short of bizarre, but with equal parts
whimsy and genius. They're a kind of diorama,
a moving show, folding and unfolding little
grey-haired aunties into scenarios—they fly
in and out of kitchens crowded with soy sauce
bottles, chopstick holders, plates of steaming
omurice and jelly salad. They dive into luggage
with more hidden creases than the laugh lines
on the sides of their eyes. Next thing you know,
the suitcase opens up again. One of them has
a motorcycle helmet on. The other climbs up
a gallery wall to join other aunties installed as
an audacious kind of Mount Rushmore above
the welting. I am telling you this is a thing.


