As time passes, it becomes impossible to preserve

the feelings of a particular moment in their entirety.

Memories gradually fade, yet they continue to shape our

understanding of ourselves, our sense of home, and the

way we perceive the world.

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After living away from my hometown for many years,

I realized that my memories of the place where I

grew up were slowly dissolving. Photographs preserve

appearances, but not the relationship between humans

and physical space. Instead, I preserve memory through

direct physical contact with the objects themselves. This

led me to transform everyday objects from my hometown

into the work itself.

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Copper has long been part of the cultural history of my

hometown, Yunnan, China, where it has been used for

centuries to preserve stories, rituals, and everyday life. This

connection led me to choose it as the vessel for memory.

Through a slow process of hammering, the copper

gradually conforms to the surface of familiar objects,

preserving both their physical textures and the memories

they embody.

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The work ultimately takes the form of a light fixture.

When its surface is touched, both light and memory are

awakened. Reflected by the textured copper, light carries

these memories into the present. No longer confined to

the past, they become a source of comfort and belonging,

illuminating the path ahead while reminding us where we

come from.