Linked, 2024
Crocheted ramie dyed with shulang (薯榔), woven shell ginger (月桃)
20cmL x 7cmW x 35cmH
Created during my Art Ripple Taitung residency with Abus Bunun Traditional Weaving Workshop
‘Linked’ is an exploration of breaking and rejoining. Even when the form splits in two, it ultimately joins back into the same one sculpture seamlessly, giving the impression that the holes have worn through the middle as they do in coastal rock formations. The two separate materials seem to have grown around each other with time.
This work was inspired by how Austronesian people still share common roots, despite having walked down different paths and becoming separated by distance and language.