MICHELLE BUI’S RESEARCH REVOLVES AROUND THE INSEPARABLE CONJUNCTURE BETWEEN MATERIAL CULTURE AND IDENTITY. IN THIS CURRENT STATE OF A SUSTAINED ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE THROUGH AN ACCELERATION OF OVER CONSUMPTION, BUI IS INTERESTED IN WAYS IN WHICH ARTISTS AND VIEWERS ARE JOINTLY INTERTWINED AS CONSUMERS OF MATERIAL GOODS AND DIGITAL CONTENT. THIS VISUAL RESEARCH, FUELED BY THE LIMITS OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE, REACHES FOR A DESIRE TO ENGAGE IN IMMEDIATE SENSE-GRASPING MATERIALIZATION THROUGH A SINGLE IMAGE. IT IS PRECISELY THE IMMEDIACY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT MOTIVATES HER RESEARCH: ONE WHERE THE PRECISION, RIGOR AND SHARPNESS OF THE OBJECT AND THE IMAGE ALLOW TO GRASP COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTIONS AS A WHOLE, WITHOUT SEQUENTIAL READING.