TERE- MINGYI WU

A hand-sewen purse from natural dyed silk with cirtus fruit and skin, using the technique of roll dye and steam dye. The hook and eye and embroidery elements gives the purse an antique feeling. I love that it also captures the citrus smell in the fabric.

Recreating a calming and immersive experience by the campfire in the rain.

We scented the cotton with incense and smoke smell and handmade the whole structure from wires, organza and cotton. We also sprayed the whole piece with our own scent made from the leaf and green plants after rain found on campus. The cotton falls in see-through fabric just like fog and rain. The soundtrack was recorded from frying pan and sparkling water.

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Scent: smoke, green, scent from grass after rain

Inspired by the wooden sculpture from "True Detective". A mysterious sign hanging in the woods. With the clay hanging in the center, it's like the heart of the whole piece. It was made from all organic found materials in a forest.

Scent: dark woods, resinous, scent from pine resin

A braided wig made from flower (rose, marigod) steam roll dyed fabric.

My character is Repunzel from Tangled. I want to incorperate the aspect that she lives in the woods and make friends with animals and that's the reason I chose the fabric.

Scent: light floral, body accord, fruit

Inspired by armor, this is a soft helmet that holds memories and nostalgia, made from hand knitted wool yarn.

Because the idea of a facemask is so intimate and sensive, I want my piece to be a vessel that transfers warmth and softness, while it also gives energy and power to the wearer.

Scent: wool, body accord

The magic circle made from salt with the flame projection was inspired by religious/alchematic rituals. Because we found the music was so meditational yet mysterious.

Scent: blood, smoke, wax

Rehabilitation of Shanghai https://drive.google.com/file/d/19jsoVP8sGXb4sCGfnRAGLhS5AWQGEe8i/view?usp=share_link\

Gentrification is the pain in the evolution of a city. It erased everything in a neighborhood, including cultures, histories and stories. A displacement is happening in the area I grown up in. So, I want to create a unique way to record the history that used to be going on in my neighborhood. This song has three parts, recorded three stages of the history in this neighborhood.

Scent: oil, smoke, metal

Flower steam dyed fabric origami fortune teller.

Inspired by the romantic idea of counting the pedals of a flower to decide if a person likes you or not. The flower patterns adds the marking of writting and makes the fortune teller more like a loveletter, but more organicly.

Scent: lavendar, soap, sweet

Buddhas are often depicted in paintings, sculptures, and dances with certain postures and hand gestures known as mudras. Mudras or hand gestures are a practice to improve your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. I created a light-reflecting triangular structured sculpture with pvc sheets. Light allows the patterns and shape to expand.

Scent: resinous, dark woods, smoke, stone

On the myth of Narcissus, a greek figure who fell in love with his own reflection in the river.

I created origami butterfly ornaments with reflective materials which resonates with the tale, as if they are attracted to the narcissus flowers by the river. The scent is also a watery scent.

Scent: green, resinous, dark woods, sea salt

With the idea of making&faking nature, we constructed a artificial experience using indigo dyed and tie dyed fabric, sounds from tap water and rain stick and a fan, while the projection playing a video of water falls and rivers. We wanted to leave it to the audience's imagination of what is real vs. not real with misleading information of the concept of nature.

Scent: Body, green, resinous, dark woods