Speak of Tides

Aranya Resort, Hebei, China
2024
Installation, Performance
Fiberglass, Silicone, Wool, Quartz Sand, Acrylic
330 x 250 x 320 cm


Description


“Life, Identity, Womanhood, and Homecoming”

Speak of Tides is a public art and multimedia work. It centers on a 3.5-meter-long fiberglass installation and incorporates body movement and musical performance. The piece aims to rewrite traditional mythological narratives about women under patriarchy.

What is home? Is the seashell a shackle that molds and disciplines women’s identities, or a harbor that protects them? The artists seek to reconstruct the narrative of the “woman in the seashell” from Eastern mythology. They envision women as active agents who create new perspectives and discourses that belong to them. The power over the seashell should lie with the women themselves, not with the puppets residing within it.





Collaborating Artists: Shuo Li, Yuhan Zhao, Zichun Cheng (Performance), Ruoxi Feng (Audio)

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ArCollaborating Artists:
Phoebe Shuo Li, Ruoxi Feng, Yuhan Zhao, Zichun Chen

Rebirth

Land of Wilderness, Lijiang, China
2024
Public Art, Installation
Wood, Daily necessaries from Miao women
400 x 200 x 210 cm


Description


Rebirth is a site-specific installation designed to explore the symbiotic relationship between women and nature. The installation incorporates handmade crafts created by Miao women from Fenghuang, using natural materials.

The installation is placed in a triangular white-box space, attempting to bring a closed, systematized context into the "wilderness," thereby expanding the potential of the art creation field and presenting the mutual empowerment and collision between nature and art.





Collaborating Artists: Shuo Li, Yuhan Zhao