A New Year Message

As we enter the new year, we begin by returning to what cannot be replaced.

The works of HSU Yi-Ting and ZHU Ohmu demand a form of attention rooted in the body—through repetition, touch, endurance, and presence. Their practices unfold slowly, requiring time, care, and physical awareness. These are experiences no technology, including artificial intelligence, can replicate.

Both artists draw deeply from nature, not as imagery, but as process, rhythm, and structure. Their works echo the cycles, fragility, and resilience of our natural environment. At a time when climate change is no longer abstract, but increasingly visible through environmental disruption and natural disasters, their practices offer a quiet yet necessary reflection.

Art does not provide solutions.
But it can sharpen our awareness of the environments we inhabit, the conditions we create, and the signals we choose to notice.

Gladys Lin