Compound Yellow is honored to present the work of Hai-Wen Lin

. Opening reception Saturday April 26 2PM -  6PM

Hai-Wen Lin is a folding artist, currently based in Chicago. Lin has designed numerous original origami models, published diagrams for the Pacific Coast Origami Convention, and has exhibited and taught at the East Bay Origami Convention, and the MIT origami convention. Their research in the application of origami techniques on smart textiles has been exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles and has been published in the International Symposium on Wearable Computers.

Artist Statement

This is a practice that walks the motions of daily life and invites the company of naturally occurring phenomena. It is an act of reorienting, an attempt to attune one’s body to the environment, to unsettle static markers of identity, to offer instead the wind, sun, and sky as constantly shifting relational anchors to gather and situate oneself. Diasporic experiences and transness share this in common: they are experiences of being unmoored, of finding home in transit, of living within betweens. Kites adopt the language of garment construction and patternmaking as a means of understanding how to free, fly, and extend the body. Kite flying is the casting of a wish; it is a gesture towards a liberatory future while standing in the present. This is a practice of being present, of attention and gratitude. Thank you for finding me here. Thank you for noticing.