When I moved to New York in 2007 I felt a need to cross over from being a foreign visitor to local resident - to introduce myself to the city. As a white South African, I have forever felt the foreigner, not looking the part of my national heritage. This has left me in an awkward and vulnerable position when describing my background to strangers. On encountering newspaper boxes on the New York sidewalks, I was struck by the ungainly, exposed posture that was required of a person to reach into the box and collect a free newspaper. The stooped manner reminded me of the difficulty I felt in fitting in, both in South Africa, and as a newcomer to the USA. Immigrant Box is a sound intervention installed in a newspaper box, heard by passers-by who reach in to collect a newspaper. The sound is a patchwork of conversations discussing and describing nationality, the immigrant and foreignness. This is coupled with sounds of my voice, describing the way to my home in broken Zulu (the traditional language spoken in my home region, that I do not speak).