2020

Installation
Materials: grasses, soil
Location: Pfizer Building in Brooklyn NY
 
空間裝置
媒材:草、土
地點: Pfizer Building in Brooklyn NY

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In winter, the world outside my window was consumed by a dull, pervasive gray. I began to reflect on the state of plants in the city, where no vegetation grows freely. Confined to small patches of soil amidst concrete and steel, plants are forced to conform to human designs and aesthetics. Yet, I noticed the grasses growing along the streets—an unyielding force of life, the most energetic presence in the urban landscape. When grasses grow beyond the edges of buildings, they seem to escape human control, embodying a quiet sense of freedom.

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This installation reflects on the conditions of urban life, both for plants and humans. The vibrant, floating green of the grasses contrasts sharply with the gray winter of New York City. The way plants are confined within cities mirrors how humans, too, live within the constraints of the environments they create. This work asks: In a world where life is shaped and controlled, do we also yearn for freedom, like the grasses pushing against the boundaries of the urban landscape?

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