Word List, 2025
The booklet entitled Chinese Phrase Book (Technical Manual 30-633), published by the War Department (Washington, D.C.) on December 10, 1943, is a US military phrasebook designed for use by American personnel in contact with Chinese speakers during World War II. In 2025, Chinese artist Yangkun Shi and American scholar Lisa Orcutt cooperate to finish this two channel video installation, which Yangkun reads in English and Lisa reads in Chinese with the same word list.