Fingerprints of Belonging
“Fingerprints of Belonging” is a series of works that visualize the data of languages spoken and immigrants present in Surrey as “fingerprints” of the unique identity of Surrey’s culturally community
Artist: Suchi Reddy
Location: 104 and University Drive
Category: Civic collection – Utility Boxes
Year: 2024
About Fingerprints of belonging
This work is the continued meditation of an immigrant on the intertwined structures of identity and transformation in our communities. Derived from data drawn from the diversity of languages spoken, ethnicities present and their representative population in Surrey this work visualizes the data of Surrey’s culturally rich community as “fingerprints of belonging". Installed over five micro-sites of utility boxes surrounding a sculpture about the transformation and liminal experience of an immigrant titled becoming, the works dance together to celebrate and make visible the beauty of Surrey’s diversity, and the nature of community.
About the Artist
Suchi Reddy is an artist, architect and designer, born in Chennai, India and based in New York City. Her works in all forms examine the subjects of feeling and belonging, and the nature and forms of the relationship between the individual and the community. Working in large and small scales and multiple media, she creates buildings, spaces and artworks that privilege equity, empathy and agency. Her artworks have been shown at The Smithsonian in Washington DC, The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, Times Square in New York, Michigan Central Station in Detroit, The Elmhurst Museum in Chicago and now in the City of Surrey.