My weaving art redefines our understanding of memory spaces. It discards the purely visual interpretation of our living spaces and instead focuses on the emotional and sensory imprints they leave behind, transforming them into woven art. Memory originates from the present world but parallels an entirely different one, where sensory experiences take precedence over visual perception. In this world, our understanding of spaces is not limited to what we see but also includes the smells, distances, and physical interactions that contribute to our memory of them.
In this process, I realized that space not only shapes my memories, but also my identity. Space is not static, but fluid. Just like when weaving a cloth, each weft thread added changes the overall structure, so does space – our actions, emotions and memories constantly shape it into a place that belongs to us. In this sense, space is not only a location, but also a mapping of identity. I want to touch myself with a line, and then extend it to the things around me, up to this land, and even the history and culture behind it.
Rather than recreating the space, my work emphasizes the feelings the space once evoked, through which I can shape my emotions and memories into concrete images. Weaving as a means of expressing emotions and memories, in my creative process, weaving becomes an important tool for me to talk to my heart, it opens up a piece of heaven and earth for me, only my conversation with it is unprecedentedly quiet, and I think of the final work as the letters we exchange. Our encounters and separations with the people we love in our lives are a kind of interwoven weft, which if we are lucky enough will also create a kind of tapestry between you and me. There are visible parts and invisible ones. My inspiration comes from the emotions tied to my memories, drawn from the cities I’ve traveled to, the apartments I’ve lived in, the trees, people, houses, and even the sunrises and sunsets I’ve witnessed. Over time, these sketches and photos become an archive of memories- they are constantly being replaced and forgotten, but still remain in my work.