“पासपोर्ट (Paas-port)” was submitted as part of Khushi’s final project for ENGL 4067: Comics and Graphic Novels—Nonfiction Comics taught Prof. Jason S. Polley in semester 2, AY 2025-2026.

Artistic Statement:

Khushi Gurung, 2026, Memoir (Found Object)

The piece titled पासपोर्ट (Paas-port) is a pair of passport documents that the artist presents as a memoir. Through this reframing, the artist invites viewers to look beyond the documents’ official function and engage with them instead as bearers of a narrative being told.

Bio of the Artist:

Khushi Gurung is a final-year student studying BA Visual Arts and a visual artist based in Hong Kong. She works conceptually across installations involving experimental film and kinetic sculptures, as well as physical media such as found objects and zines.