meet me in the woods

The cedar trees, a central theme in my work since 2008, are presented as a labyrinth. What were once two-dimensional paintings transform into semi-transparent layers. The hanging silks shift in response to the slightest movement in the space, creating an instability that gives them an otherworldly, dreamlike quality.

Suspended oversized cedar hands beckon the visitor to enter. Silk bundles suggestive of lost belongings occupy the floor space. A double-layer wall hanging of cedar trees and landscape adds depth to the space. Textile objects titled handbooks dangle midway between the ceiling and the floor; a spirit wanderer lurks behind dark red cedars; a leaping monkey questions its habitat: the work in its entirety forms an
immersive narrative within the space. The installation suggests metamorphosis and transformation: a sense of impermanence in which the viewer can wander; their presence seemingly bringing the branches to life.

The silk, produced in China, elaborated in the West, and returning to China, echoes centuries of the Silk Road between east and west, and today serves as a means to bypass transpacific shipping crates- the works folded into bundles and transported in
one’s suitcase.

The China project is documented by Swiss videographer Julien Baumann. The film portrays the preparation and the outcome of a journey that traverses time, space, and memory.