Echoes in Asphalt is an ongoing participatory project that seeks to provide a platform for marginalized voices and cultivate compassion. Through interviews with residents across various neighborhoods in Los Angeles, I explored how urban development has reshaped their experiences within their communities. Participants were asked to express a single word that captured their response to this change. To honor their stories, I meticulously replicated their handwritten words in graphite on paper, embedding their emotions into the drawings. By rubbing the texture of the asphalt where each conversation took place, the drawings become physical imprints of the environment, symbolizing the intersection of lived experience and urban transformation. These works serve as echoes of resilience, dislocation, and adaptation, reflecting the transient yet deeply personal nature of each neighborhood's evolving landscape.
