PROJECTS

MULTI-MEDIAS

White Champaca
2022

Mask Design
Clay, Masks, Wires, Acrylics

  • Constrained by fences and surrounded by yelling and protests, Shanghai entered a three-month-long lockdown in the March of 2022. During this period, people were prohibited to go out and enjoy the spring, sunshine, move around, and eat freely--creating emotions of depression and dissatisfaction. I wanted to convey my feelings during that time through this mask. While the white champaca made of masks represent the epidemic that prevented us from seeing the best flowers, the beast in the middle symbolizes the one-eyed head monster from the Chinese Shanhaijing, which represents the virus and pain.

Neon Derelict
2021

Fashion Design (Wearable Art)
Posters I designed, Cardboard, LED Tubes, PU Coating, Film Stripe

  • In this project, I want to portray the industries through posters of the bustling city, and the piles of paper boxes represent the increasing pollution. The layers of feathers that birds used to have now looked like light cardboard boxes clinging to them; the highly saturated colors look dazzling and colorful, but in reality, they hide the natural appearance of the birds. As cyberpunk suggests, behind the glamorous city is the greed and ugliness of human beings. While we enjoy the convenience of technology with impunity, we forget that we humans are a part of nature as well. Perhaps when we suddenly realize that day, we will wonder whether human beings are controlling technology or if technology is controlling us.

Disappearance
2024

Performance Art

  • Every time I look in the mirror, I find myself nitpicking at my features and my body. I

    wonder how I would look if my face was thinner or if my abs were more defined. This body

    dissatisfaction is a daily struggle, and I seem to reinforce it every single day. I believe that

    external influences, more than my own thoughts, contribute significantly to this dissatisfaction.

    The outside world shapes my perception of beauty, and external pressures for a "perfect" body

    further erode my self-confidence. This experience has inspired me to explore this subject matter

    through photography.

    Initially, my body dissatisfaction was so intense that I began drawing surgical guide lines

    on my face to visualize the changes I desired. I only drew on half of my face to convey the idea

    that I would be more "perfect" after undergoing the modifications. The demands and opinions of

    the outside world started to strengthen my desire to erase all the imperfections. This led to the

    concept of a hand writing the character " " on my body, symbolizing the disappearance of my

    flaws. As more and more brush strokes covered my body, I realized that they were quickly

    concealing every part of me. Despite this, I still felt unsatisfied because this self-criticism is a

    never-ending cycle that will only result in slowly losing myself, until I completely disappear.

    My work as a whole resembles a commercial, specifically a beauty advertisement. These

    commercials are marketed with the promise that their products will make people more beautiful

    and perfect, driving consumer demand. I find it ironic that these products are promoted as tools

    for self-improvement, but in reality, they cause us to lose ourselves.