I came here to be alone – I also came here to be alone

The group exhibition I came here to be alone – I also came here to be alone draws inspiration from a 1959 film Baltic Express by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, which revolves around the communication between two strangers, forced to co-exist in confined conditions – the claustrophobic world of a tight train cabin. The train journey is a catalyst which tests what kind of chemistry can be created in unstable and uncertain conditions. From the perspective of a passenger, everything in the world is in motion, while from the perspective of someone not on the train it is quite the opposite. Baltic Express reflects on these two phenomena and focuses on a pivotal moment in time. Every story we tell or read about home or about our recent history, now has a different landscape looking out of the window of this train. The world as we know it is no longer the same, and our imaginative space has transformed.

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We can be alone together
(Table, sands, glass, stones and found objects, dimension variable)



Hope you are doing well
(Hard folders, cutting mat, caculator, table lamp, computer and found objects, dimension variable)

My Heart Aches When It’s Time To Leave

Master Thesis Question: What is home?  

This project began with a longing for a home after I left Hong Kong due to the unhealthy political environment. Emotional security, a significant feeling that has lingered in my mind, became the core element in defining a home for myself. The installation draws inspiration from the philosophy of Tai Chi and is divided into Yin and Yang, presented across three different exhibition spaces. Through the dynamic interplay between my internal feelings and external living environment, the work seeks to reveal the characteristics of human nature and emotions associated with the concept of home.

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Our Memories Just Won’t Die, It’s The Trip That Keep Us Alive

The title of the work, Our Memories Just Won’t Die, It’s the Trip That Keeps Us Alive, reflects my feelings about memories with the people I loved in the past. By disassembling the physical structure of the chairs and reassembling their parts into a frame, I show the process of transforming an external object into an internal feeling—a physical and tangible household object turned into intangible emotion and memory.

I removed one leg from each chair and created a frame to hold the fabric I had taken from them. I then detached the floral and leaf patterns from the fabric, following the colorful threads one by one, color by color. As I removed the pattern, the fabric’s surface was no longer complete, creating a sense that something was absent or missing. In the end, the image faded. I transformed the small threads into cotton yarn balls, which I placed next to the chairs.