Making the Unknown Known examines how geopolitical boundaries, infrastructural expansion, and cross-border economies alter the movement of animals and the ecologies they inhabit. Filmed across air, land, and river systems in Southeast Asia, the work traces the tensions between natural migrations and the political forces that interrupt them.

The three-channel installation brings together intertwined trajectories: white elephants, whose symbolism is inseparable from state power; a grey parrot that has circulated through global luxury markets; and the Mekong River, reshaped by dams and water governance. Through these intersecting narratives, the work reveals how landscapes carry the memory of conflict and how both human and nonhuman lives register political disturbance in ways that extend beyond official histories.

Through a precise interplay of sound, image, and shifting temporalities, Making the Unknown Known demonstrates how power operates across borders and how both human and nonhuman lives register these disturbances. The installation invites viewers to consider the fragile entanglements between species, environments, and the political forces that shape movement, territory, and survival.