Psychiatry Box 001/Biography Box

The Biography Box contains the life of a female urban nomad.
Its interior houses a cast map of her life. Thin threads are stitched into the map, indicating the nomad's migration routes. Though most nomadic migration routes are based on seasons, the urban nomad's routes are based on people she loves. Her journeys, indicated by the thin thread, stitch places and people together. Felt patches represent her feeling of being protected at the various migration points; their thickness varies...
The box's lid opens like a book: it contains short stories about the nomad's loved ones.
The box's false bottom consists of several drawers containing nomadic wisdoms for those who have settled. The Biography Box was commissioned by the female nomad. She wanted her life to be fixed within a portable object that she could take with her on future journeys. The Biography Box was the first box to be built (1999), it was edited and updated in 2005 and again in 2008.