Degree Show 2025

This installation unfolds through three main structural components: a branching rhizomatic form, an ink-infused Xuan paper wall, and a kinetic system involving motors, flowing water, and suspended elements. Together, they form an interconnected ecosystem—each part distinct yet inseparable—generating a field of transformation and resonance. The work draws deeply from the Yijing, employing its patterns and principles as structural frameworks that inform both composition and flow.

I emphasise a rhizomatic mode of formation, with dual implications: first, Deleuze’s notion of decentralised, non-hierarchical growth in ideas, processes, and relations; second, a metaphor for the floating, indeterminate condition of traditional Chinese cultural roots within contemporary Chinese art. The rhizome here is not just a form, but also a method of thinking, making, and connecting. Through this structure, the installation offers an inner refuge—a space of slowed perception, attentive listening, and felt connection.

The motor and water components represent my most recent experiment in my practice. These dynamic elements- spinning structure, water pump and sound amplify advice introduce controlled movement of industrial material and unseen vibration, establishing a counterbalance with the static components—yin yang- which shows a non-dualistic view of relational balance.

The ink wall, composed of layers of Xuan paper and absorbed ink, correspond to my second year core exploration of the boundary between painting and sculpture, while Influenced by Daoist idea of non-coercieve nature, the flow of ink is controlled not by the fully my hand, but by natural forces: gravity, and the texture and structure of the paper.

This installation invites viewers to reexamine their relationship with the natural world—not through imposed instruction, but through embodied, sensory experience. It aims to shift our awareness of nature away from control and exploitation, toward resonance, coexistence, inclusion, and mutual transformation.