Ting Ying Han

Flowing Spaces is a meditation on memory, displacement, and the intangible connections that bind us to places no longer our own. This silk panel, stitched with a cyanotype print of my childhood home in Taiwan, traces the floor plan through the lens of diasporic intimacy—an intimacy shaped not in opposition to uprootedness, but through it. By reimagining the layout using body memory, I navigate the home’s spaces, allowing lines to emerge as I move through each room. These gestures evoke a sense of emotional disorientation, intertwining personal memories with the physicality of the home. The marks made on the paper reflect the fluid intersections between physical space and emotional landscapes, expressing the tension between connection, conflict, and the lingering longing that accompanies exile. In this act of re-tracing, I explore the paradox of belonging, capturing both the comfort and estrangement that come with the experience of displacement.