Speak of Tides
Phoebe Shuo Li, Ruoxi Feng, Yuhan Zhao, Zichun Cheng, Ziyan Lin
Public Art, Installation, Performance
Fiberglass, Silicone, Wool, Quartz Sand, Acrylic
330*250*320 cm
“Life, Identity, Womanhood, and Homecoming”
Speak of Tides is a public art and multimedia work. It centers on a 3.5-meter-long fiberglass installation and incorporates body movement and musical performance. The piece aims to rewrite traditional mythological narratives about women under patriarchy.
What is home? Is the seashell a shackle that molds and disciplines women’s identities, or a harbor that protects them? The artists seek to reconstruct the narrative of the “woman in the seashell” from Eastern mythology. They envision women as active agents who create new perspectives and discourses that belong to them. The power over the seashell should lie with the women themselves, not with the puppets residing within it.
Current Exhibition: BUTONG Art Center, China.
Press release: Speak of Tides
Artist Residency Program
Speak of Tides is a residency project created during the Aranya Theater Festival 2024. The Aranya Theater Festival is China’s first seaside theater festival and the largest and most influential theater festival in the northern region.
The public art project Migratory Birds 300 is the largest artist residency program in China. It has innovatively established a platform for creative exhibitions and a network for artistic exchange. Using “migratory birds” as a metaphor, the project brings together 300 creators from different backgrounds to cohabitate and collaborate for 300 hours. With new works, it injects fresh energy into live art and explores the boundaries between art and everyday life.
