When new development suddenly boomed in my city, I cultivated the transformation of atmosphere and people. Those alienating buildings change the image of the place, and create a sense of detachment or distance from the surrounding environment that I used to live in. I learned to express meaning through form, gesture and materiality. These three sculptures stand as an ability to breathe life into mundane materials.

For the memory of place, I sketch the shape of my country, somehow it appears like a body crawling inside a metal frame at Merge 1. I use materials common in modern construction that allude to the invasive development across my local area today. Through my poetic imagination, those metals shaped like a body figure, portraying a sign, fixed and stranded as a barrier, for a mesmerising of a controlling power. The inclusion of metal, a versatile and widely used material, may further symbolise the coexistence of human-made structures alongside the organic world. The concrete and metal appear cold and lifeless, guarding the whole place. The form of the snake, representing a controlling force, intertwining and encasing the city map, symbolise the overwhelming and dominating nature of this transformation.The placement of gravel and cement in the centre further accentuates the encroachment and coverage of the city, highlighting the loss of humanity and comfort in the urban landscape. The artwork aims to communicate a sense of urgency and concern for the drastic changes and lack of balance between development and preservation of the city's character.

 Merge 2, by sculpting the metal into a human form and placing it within the context of the natural element of sand, the artwork seems to evoke themes of humanity's connection to the earth and the environment. The rich, earthy hues of the sand evoke a sense of groundedness and connection to the natural world, while the sleek, angular shapes of the metal speak to an expression of man-made things within a fixed and allotted structure. 

Merge 3 hanging on the ceiling, appearing unfinished or continuing effortlessly and undetermined. It has created a capacity for integration and empathy, and seems living in an unknown future.