left left left right left is an artists’ book in the form of a double-sided map. One side of the map features a text written by Huo; the other features pixelated aerial photographs of Lā‘ie, Hawai‘i, the artist’s birthplace, along with 16mm stills from a film made on O‘ahu in 2025. The book takes its title from a common U.S. military chant used to synchronize soldiers during a march. This cadence is repeated throughout the text, tying together a visual essay that touches on themes of migration, military, and morality.
This book exists in two editions: one in English (left left left right left), and one in Korean (왼발 왼발 왼발 오른발 왼발). The English version plays with the multiple meanings of “left” and “right” in relation to military coordinates (moving left and right), belief systems (edicts on good/bad/right/wrong), and patterns of immigration (the things we leave behind). The Korean version, translated by Michelle Ho, has been adapted to work around the untranslatability of the words’ multiple meanings in English.
11x17cm (closed)
60.4 x 48.4cm (open)
1 sheet
Trifold Map
K/K Offset Printed
Cover: Gmund Matt #88, 350gsm, 1-color screenprinting
Interior: Neo Star Art, 80gsm and Nantucket Gloss, 80#T
Edition of 250 (English), Edition of 250 (Korean)
Designed by Humberto Ochoa
Translated by Michelle Ho
Printed in New York and Seoul
Bungee Event:
left left left right left Book Launch | June 9, 2026 7-9 PM
