A QUEST FOR MY LITTLE SALT FIELD
Zo Wu’s project “A Quest for My Little Salt Field” is a multi-media project that explores alternative pathways to cultural reconnection as part of the Hong Kong diaspora in the UK. 鹽田仔 Yim Tin Tsai, a small island located in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, means 'Little Salt Field'. It is the birthplace of Wu's grandmother, the last generation to be born on the island, and is steeped in agricultural and Catholic history. Rooted in interviews with original islanders—many of whom have also migrated to the UK who Wu had not met prior to this project's initiation—Wu traverses the British countryside collecting fragments of an imagined utopian island to which they can thoroughly connect and wholly belong. Made from salt that is farmed on the real island in Hong Kong, the silk salt-printing process is a meditation of care and reclamation of their own cultural heritage whilst adorning the fading memories of their ancestral past. Wu's creative essay, under the same name, helps weave together the tapestried corridor which invites the viewer to step into Wu’s archival projections and perhaps reminisce, preserve and construct their own nostalgic utopias.
SALT-PRINT ON SILK
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SALT-PRINT ON SILK
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