Yushan Chi

Textiles (MA)
A black and white photo of Yushan Chi
The gentle crochet hook climbs up the stern structure.
The gentle crochet hook climbs up the stern structure.
The gentle crochet hook climbs up the stern structure.
Nature quietly grows in the interstitial Spaces of the building.
Nature quietly grows in the interstitial Spaces of the building.
Nature quietly grows in the interstitial Spaces of the building.
The growth details of some tiny things（moss)
The growth details of some tiny things（moss)
The growth details of some tiny things（moss)
A new order has quietly emerged between the gaps, corners and fractures.
A new order has quietly emerged between the gaps, corners and fractures.
A new order has quietly emerged between the gaps, corners and fractures.
The gentle crochet hook climbs up the stern structure.
Nature quietly grows in the interstitial Spaces of the building.
The growth details of some tiny things（moss)
A new order has quietly emerged between the gaps, corners and fractures.

About

Yushan Chi is a mixed-media artist and designer dedicated to exploring the blurred boundary between nature and artificiality.

In her creative practice, the natural (growing) and the man-made (manufactured) are no longer regarded as opposites, but coexist in a way that permeates and interweaves with each other. She is adept at using contradictory materials for narration – such as hard gypsum and soft textiles. Through the conflict and integration of these materials, she create a dialogue between visual and tactile experiences. This intersection of “soft” and “hard” not only constructs a spatial language full of tension, but also symbolizes the complex emotional and logical relationship between nature and artificiality: warmth and coldness, flow and stillness, freedom and restraint.

Placed in the context of the “Anthropocene”, her works do not attempt to provide clear answers but rather seem like an open-ended question: When human behavior has deeply intervened and altered the Earth system, have we already become a geological force? When nature is constantly constructed, replicated, and even designed, how can we still define “nature”? Are those once stable boundaries quietly dissolving?

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