- CollegeCentral Saint Martins
- CourseMA Applied Imagination
- Graduation year2025
Her Hair, Her Choice is an interactive installation exploring how Chinese women navigate marriage expectations, autonomy, and embodied womanhood. The work draws inspiration from the historical figure of the self-combing women (自梳女) — women who chose not to marry and instead declared agency over their own lives.
The installation uses hair, red silk thread, and textile materials as symbolic language. Participants are invited to touch, weave, and interact with the textures, allowing their own experiences and emotions to become part of the work. Through this embodied engagement, the installation shifts the question from “What should women be?” to “Who has the right to decide?”
Rather than offering answers, the work creates a space for reflection — on social expectations, internalized narratives, and the possibilities of self-definition.
Final work
Interactive Installation
A large textile installation made of red silk threads, black lace and hair-like fibers, suspended across a metal frame. Participants are invited to weave or comb the threads, leaving visible traces of interaction. The work has a soft, tactile surface with layered textures and long strands hanging vertically. Hands and bodies may appear in the frame as viewers engage physically with the materials.
Research and process
Production process
The artist is creating.
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