Mixed media · Film
Represent One Answer
Represent One Answer examines the standardised life path often expected within Asian families. A temple divination ritual becomes the shared visual language for five stages of life, each represented through a different material body.
Format
Five mixed-media pillars, canvas painting, and performance video
Materials
Handmade paper, rope, organza, spray paint, human hair, bamboo tube
Research
Kau chim temple divination, observation, and intergenerational narratives
Participants
Performers representing five generations
01
Five lives, five materials
Childhood, adolescence, youth, middle age, and later life are each given their own tactile language. Paper cutting, rope, dyed organza, hair, and talismanic paper carry distinct pressures, desires, and forms of uncertainty.
02
Illustration in performance
The pillars move beyond static objects through a filmed performance with five participants. Temple walls, transit spaces, ruins, and a ball pit place the prescribed lifeline inside everyday environments.
Film
Represent One Answer — performance film
Filmed with five performers across temple, transit, and ruin sites.
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Read the project in full
All 6 pages, grouped into chapters for web viewing.