LOSS IN TRANSLATION is a sound installation containing non-English recordings from PoC and other minority artists, spoken in our native languages. This installation will be housed in a wood structure inspired by şadirvan (cleansing fountains) across the world from algiers to istanbul to linxia, reflecting our own roots in China, Turkey, and Algeria. With LOSS IN TRANSLATION we evoke a vision of a world without a lingua franca, or a dominant language.