Artificial Tear
2021
Riso print (as prototype illustration)
In the tale of Lady Meng Jiangnu, a young woman learns that her husband has died while laboring on the construction of the Great Wall of China. She journeys to the site and, upon arriving, weeps so bitterly that her tears collapse a section of the wall, revealing her husband's entombed bones. In unutterable grief, she throws herself into the river.
This project seeks to reinterpret the story through a non-narrative approach, focusing on Meng Jiangnu's tears as the tale's protagonist. By condensing the ingredients of medical lubricant eye drops, these artificial tears transform into units of building bricks—commodities of the contemporary world. Before her edifice can be fully erected, however, the bricks’ fragile casings begin to weaken. They sag and leak under their own weight until, at last, the entire wall gives way.
2021
Riso print (as prototype illustration)
In the tale of Lady Meng Jiangnu, a young woman learns that her husband has died while laboring on the construction of the Great Wall of China. She journeys to the site and, upon arriving, weeps so bitterly that her tears collapse a section of the wall, revealing her husband's entombed bones. In unutterable grief, she throws herself into the river.
This project seeks to reinterpret the story through a non-narrative approach, focusing on Meng Jiangnu's tears as the tale's protagonist. By condensing the ingredients of medical lubricant eye drops, these artificial tears transform into units of building bricks—commodities of the contemporary world. Before her edifice can be fully erected, however, the bricks’ fragile casings begin to weaken. They sag and leak under their own weight until, at last, the entire wall gives way.
《人工泪液》
2021
孔板印刷（作为模型图示）
在秦朝，孟姜女的丈夫死于奴隶制之后，她来到长城脚下哭泣，直到眼泪摧毁了长城，露出了丈夫的尸骨。
本项目旨在从非叙事的视角重新诠释这个传说：不同于古老版本里的孟姜女哭长城，女性身体的化身摧毁了城墙——君主塑造神话的纪念碑。不，不是她哭倒了长城，长城本就是由她的泪水铸成。眼泪不再单纯地附属于情绪，她成为这个故事的主角。这个版本依然延续了古老故事的核心：哭夫、崩城、投水。但是，当她作为建筑材料时，她已经是泪水；当她被筑成城墙时，她已经在坍缩。
2021
孔板印刷（作为模型图示）
在秦朝，孟姜女的丈夫死于奴隶制之后，她来到长城脚下哭泣，直到眼泪摧毁了长城，露出了丈夫的尸骨。
本项目旨在从非叙事的视角重新诠释这个传说：不同于古老版本里的孟姜女哭长城，女性身体的化身摧毁了城墙——君主塑造神话的纪念碑。不，不是她哭倒了长城，长城本就是由她的泪水铸成。眼泪不再单纯地附属于情绪，她成为这个故事的主角。这个版本依然延续了古老故事的核心：哭夫、崩城、投水。但是，当她作为建筑材料时，她已经是泪水；当她被筑成城墙时，她已经在坍缩。