Chengyu Li

"A Leaking Room" is a fictioning work derived from my personal experiences during 2020-2021. Recently, my room was affected by a leak. The wall next to the window has become an ever-changing abstract painting, changing colour, growing, and shedding. This made me feel the growth and changes of the room.

In the film, everything in the room is alive due to a water leak. When the objects in the room are alive, the room becomes an independent world with its unique time operation system.

In my daily life, I interact with and use various disposable items. They are constantly being discarded and bought again. Yet, this constant change makes me feel like they are growing and have their own vitality.

These containers keep company with me during the lockdown, which makes me feel that they carry more than just food or liquid. They carry space, and this space is connected to the outer space of my life in my narrative.

In my still life series, I use the pate de verre technique. During the firing process, cracks appeared on the surface of my containers. These cracks allow the light to pass through, connecting internal and external space, and make me feel like the containers are breathing.

This is a drinking game goblet set and a drinking game designed for contemporary young people. I was inspired by a 16th-century Dutch bell-shaped goblet in the V&A Museum.