“Year of the Tiger” is an image and text project commissioned by Creative People & Places Hounslow that explores Hounslow town centre through a combination of Surrealist interventions and ancient Chinese astrology. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 2022 is the year of the Tiger, with the most auspicious positions located in the West and the East. By superimposing an image of the Chinese zodiac over an area of Hounslow and placing the zodiac sign of the Tiger in Hounslow West station and Hounslow East station, Mikuriya used the zodiac system as a way to configure her walks, creating trajectories and directions that otherwise would not necessarily have been taken.

Starting from the sign of the Tiger, she walked to the signs of the Pig, Horse and Dog. The choice of the animals is based on their positions in the zodiac system, with the Pig being the most compatible with the Tiger, since it is located in a configuration of "six harmonies" according to Chinese astrology.

Mikuriya further complicated her wanderings by introducing elements of chance and automatism into her work, drawing upon a key Surrealist text Nadja by André Breton. Published in 1928, Nadja recounts the chance encounter in Paris between Breton and a mysterious woman named Nadja. The book, containing 48 images, is a mélange of genres, ranging from autobiography, diary, ghost story, dream transcript, detective story, love story, guide book, medical case study, to anti-psychiatry polemic. Nadja, whose real name was Léona Camille Ghislaine Delcourt, and whose identity was only uncovered less than 20 years ago by the Dutch author Hester Albach, is described by Breton in his book as a free spirit and a natural Surrealist. Assuming the role of Surrealist muse, Nadja guides Breton through a Paris that is populated with enigmas and instances of the marvellous.

Mikuriya documented her walks in Hounslow on expired film stock from 1996 (Year of the Dog) using a plastic toy camera and a vintage camera from the 70's. She selected excerpts from Nadja and letters from Delcourt to Breton that referred to place, location and space, copying these texts onto strips of paper which she then drew out at random from a paper bag, using the words of Breton and Delcourt as instructions for her wanderings in Hounslow.

The project therefore becomes a dialogue between Breton, Delcourt and Mikuriya, crossing time, space, and border, a mash-up of 2022 Hounslow with 1926 Paris.