Around farmers' fields, night markets, streets, stalls, shops, temples, with the help of wonderful people all over Taiwan, I collected decaying plants and organic waste.
I investigated and described the possibilities of reusing this matter and explored methods of obtaining handmade paper from organic remains.
In workshops and lectures, I taught how leftovers could be used to create handmade paper which consequently spawned many new projects and ideas within Taiwan.

The result of my work is a collection of handmade papers titled 'Changes' created from the residue of more than 30 species.
They had their natural color, smell, texture and characteristics and recognizable features of each species, even after the cellulose extraction process.
Attempts to bleach them led to a loss of individual characteristics, blending, unification. They became indistinguishable, unrecognizable and consequently destroyed.

Dialogues / artistic-research project created during art residency at Pier-2 Art Center / 2018 / Kaohsiung City, Taiwan R.O.C.

Research and experiments on cellulose derived from residue and leftovers from various plants or food collected around Taiwan.


Special thanks to Wei Lin Yang, 姜樂靜, Chia Hui Lu, Su-Ting Yang, 李欣玫, 柯惠秀, 楊智雅, Ferdinand Yang, 林昀澄, Yu Chia Kuo,
Catalina Scoppa, Charinthorn Rachurutchata, 雍晉, 乃仁, Jaime Humphreys, Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Pier-2 Art Center