{"id":26169,"date":"2025-09-03T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=26169"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:45:20","slug":"yage-si","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/09\/03\/yage-si\/","title":{"rendered":"Yage Si"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26169\" class=\"elementor elementor-26169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65a4f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e65a4f2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d6fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36d6fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tYear of birth: 1991<br>\nWhere do you live: Currently based in Chengdu<br>\nYour education: BA in Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; MPS in the Business of Art and Design, Maryland Institute College of Art<br>\nDescribe your art in three words: Biomorphic, Contrasting, Transformative<br>\nYour discipline: Fiber art, sculpture, and installation<br>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/si-yage.com\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yagesiart\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c7827 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55c7827\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43cb48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43cb48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-1146A4031Q98De445635293025Dc8351-600x799.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your project \u201cWhat Have They All Experienced\u201d deals with themes of destruction and healing. What inspired you to use chairs as the central medium for this exploration?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chairs are one of the most essential objects in daily life. They are closely tied to human presence and experience, so for me, they naturally became a metaphor for people. In this project, the chair stands in for the human body and spirit.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0904-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you describe the emotional process of subjecting the chairs to violence and then performing acts of care on them? How did that affect you personally?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This work is rooted in a Christian reflection: human beings inevitably go through suffering and become deeply broken, yet God heals us through many different means. He gathers our fragments, brings us out of darkness, and restores us with love. My process mirrors this journey\u2014I subject the chairs to violence, then stitch and mend them as a symbolic act of care. For me, it was a way of experiencing love as guidance, healing, and ultimately rebirth.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">The use of medical gauze, bandages, and stitching techniques creates a strong association with the human body. Do you see the chairs as metaphors for people\u2019s lives and struggles?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, absolutely. This is a process of treatment and recovery. As I mentioned earlier, the chairs stand for human beings. On the path of life, everyone experiences pain and struggle, but healing and restoration also follow. This series is ongoing, and I plan to explore different forms of treatment in future works.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0910-600x799.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why did you choose metallic spray paint as the final layer in this project? What does it symbolize in the context of rebirth?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original chairs were wooden, so coating them in metallic spray paint created a stark contrast with their natural material. For me, it symbolizes transformation after suffering. Rebirth means not simply returning to who you were before, but becoming something different\u2014stronger, and perhaps more radiant.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0912.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0912-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0912-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0912-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">The photographs you included resemble old, fragmented memories. How important was the act of documentation to the meaning of this work?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The photographs are integral to the project. They represent memory\u2014specifically painful memories. Painful memories often leave the deepest marks, and they are the ones that can most directly reach the inner life of the viewer. By including these images, I hope to evoke reflection and even positive emotional responses through the confrontation with pain.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your work often merges fiber art traditions with sculpture. How do you see the relationship between softness (fabric, thread) and hardness (wood, furniture, destruction) in your art?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For me, this duality is essential. It\u2019s full of contradiction and tension, which reflects my own personality\u2014I often feel pulled between opposites, carrying inner struggles that I can only express through materials. Combining soft and hard, fragile and strong, destructive and restorative is almost like a self-portrait of my inner world.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yage-Si-Img-0925-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">What was the audience\u2019s reaction when encountering these transformed chairs? Did they interpret them in the way you expected, or were there surprises?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The audience spent a long time looking at the works and the photographs. In the exhibition space, there was a sense of quiet, as if people were thinking deeply. That was exactly what I hoped for\u2014not necessarily that viewers would interpret the work in a single way, but that my reflections could spark their own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of birth: 1991 Where do you live: Currently based in Chengdu Your education: BA in Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; MPS in the Business of Art and Design, Maryland Institute College of Art Describe your art in three words: Biomorphic, Contrasting, Transformative Your discipline: Fiber art, sculpture, and installation Website | Instagram Your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26169"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26614,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26169\/revisions\/26614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}