I live in the US, a home away from home away from home. My Armenian ancestry has not been traced beyond my great grandparents in Iran. Every educated guess regarding how my ancestors might have ended up in Iran, carry the heavy burden of tragedy. This is a common story of those who have been forcefully displaced from their native homelands. 

In this work, I embrace the digital aberrations and artifacts produced by AI technology to communicate the break-down of meaning in a world that is openly ruled by tyrants and war-profiteers. The recognition of the interconnectedness of the global struggles against oppressors and the necessity of solidarities is symbolized by the fusion of the Armenian forget-me-not flowers and Palestinian poppies. Cogs in the machine that morph into beautiful and magical flowers represent the power and potential in all of us to radically and poetically re-imagine the world and instigate change.