MAD architects founder ma yansong presents ‘light’ as a new, ongoing installation commissioned for ‘art at FULIANG 2021.’ the festival aims to highlight the character and spirit of fuliang county’s hanxi village. the region’s porcelain industry, abundant water, and vast tea fields have shaped its landscape. light appears to float above the rolling tea fields, hovering above the landscape. the installation becomes a medium for connecting to nature as it responds to the surrounding light and darkness, appearing to float like a cloud, become translucent, glow like a beacon, or join forms with the passing fog.

my notes: Ma Yansong’s Light, and a lot of his other works as well, always speak towards connection to landscape, tying into my thesis and serving as a backdrop to study his methods. This, and his work “Ephemeral Bubble” were added to my thesis research early in the process. Visually, it speaks, but it speaks to the region’s history and its shape as well.