Sneak Peek 先睹为快, 2020





June, 2020 (Chongming, Shanghai)

During Covid period I was back to china, spending a long time doing quarantine which allowed me to rediscover my familiar surroundings through careful observation both indoors and outdoors. I became particularly attentive to the intricacies of security and anti-theft devices, which seemed to reflect the socio-economic status of the area. In Shanghai, significant disparities exist among these devices. For example, in the urban-rural fringe areas (where I stayed at a friend's place in Chongming for a while during the quarantine period), there is an abundance of iron or stainless steel security doors and windows. At first glance, these metallic objects may seem unremarkable, but beneath their ordinary appearance, it appears they conceal a complex set of nuanced and intimate relationships. This includes the decorative symbols embedded on them, mostly carrying auspicious, wealth-attracting, and warding-off-evil meanings, which starkly differ from those found in the urban environment. My curiosity led me to examine the visual characteristics of these security structures and how residents engage with them, incorporating these observations into my art making.






I also took the style of decorative flowers as inspiration and designed an ornamental tabletop screen 3D model,
which was then printed onto one of those kites flying in the sky.


Kite Project - A Fish You Have Already Caught