Alex Carr Cheung

Paid In Full
2026
Risograph book
Edition of 100
Self-published at the SVA RisoLAB
Staple bound, 40 pages
3" x 7.5"
During his time at the nursing home, my grandpa (公公) saved the menu printouts provided with each meal. Mistaking them for receipts, he reminded my mother and uncles to pay for them, unaware that his stay was already covered in full.

I held onto these “receipts,” and following his passing, I found myself drawing a parallel between them and traditional joss paper used in Chinese ancestral worship. While joss paper is typically burnt to provide the deceased with wealth and comfort in the afterlife, these menu receipts serve as a more grounded reminder of the earthly cost of living.

A full life is defined by the accrual of both the "good and the bad": wealth and debt, health and illness, happiness and sadness, and the memories that fall in between. By juxtaposing joss paper with these menu receipts, this project reflects on the complexities of the human experience, the afterlife, and what we pass down to future generations. 




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