About the project
This installation is based on two stories in which the nine tailed fox feels the human need for love and transforms — in one story into a man (The Story of the Blue Silk Youth, based on motifs from Pu Songling and Ming-dynasty tales), and in the other into a woman (The Bamboo Woman, reconstructed from northern Chinese motifs and Taoist traditions about female spirits). In both stories, the fox transforms to experience these relationships. In the end, the fox reveals the truth and is still loved and accepted, because the form does not matter. Love does.
These ancient stories teach us, centuries later, about different forms of love and different bodies, reminding us that what matters is the feeling.
For this installation, I created three sculptures: – the young poet, holding his scrolls of poetry; – the bamboo cutter, with jade bamboo leaves — a gift from Huli Jing — between her fingers; – and the Fox standing on two legs, majestic like an Entity.
Each sculpture is divided into four parts — feet, legs, torso, and head. Like in children’s books, their bodies can be mixed, revealing the fox’s transformations into humans: new bodies and new forms of love.
May the fluidity of glass help us be more empathetic toward all kinds of Trans_formations.
This installation is based on two stories in which the nine tailed fox feels the human need for love and transforms — in one story into a man (The Story of the Blue Silk Youth, based on motifs from Pu Songling and Ming-dynasty tales), and in the other into a woman (The Bamboo Woman, reconstructed from northern Chinese motifs and Taoist traditions about female spirits). In both stories, the fox transforms to experience these relationships. In the end, the fox reveals the truth and is still loved and accepted, because the form does not matter. Love does.
These ancient stories teach us, centuries later, about different forms of love and different bodies, reminding us that what matters is the feeling.
For this installation, I created three sculptures: – the young poet, holding his scrolls of poetry; – the bamboo cutter, with jade bamboo leaves — a gift from Huli Jing — between her fingers; – and the Fox standing on two legs, majestic like an Entity.
Each sculpture is divided into four parts — feet, legs, torso, and head. Like in children’s books, their bodies can be mixed, revealing the fox’s transformations into humans: new bodies and new forms of love.
May the fluidity of glass help us be more empathetic toward all kinds of Trans_formations.
