made in usa: Angel Island --Shhh
an installation by Flo Oy Wong

June 17 - September 23, 2000
Angel Island Immigration Station

VIEWING TIMES

WEEKENDS
11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

WEEKDAYS
PLEASE CALL
THE ANGEL ISLAND OFFICE
(415) 435-3522
Please call the Angel Island offfice to see if the immigration station will be open during the weekdays before going out to view the exhibit.

"made in usa: Angel Island Shhh" is a rice-sack flag installation that explores the identity secrets of Chinese immigrants detained and interrogated in the United States.
Translation of calligraphy at left.
Leaving their homes and villages, they crossed the ocean, only to endure confinement in these barrackes. Conquering frontiers and barriers they pioneered a new life by the Golden Gate. (from the Angel Island monument), Angel Island, California.)