Shiyao Fu
2018
Handmade paper, water
12'' x 6.5'' x 16’’
What’s left at the end? is an installation of the process of a handmade paper being continually rinsed by water. The project involves working with water and gravity, recreating the scene of an object that being changed by the environmental factors. Using the handmade paper as a metaphor of human being, questioning my own identity, and the relationship between individual and the social environment factor. The whole deteriorating process might take days. Visually, different piece of paper has different deterioration result, implying individual reaction toward the social environment that he or she is facing. Viewers will never observe what happen at the end, for this work focuses on the “process” of activities, which emphasises we are always “becoming”.