Yuma Hsu

My project is the extension from my dissertation and my earlier work that have looked into the nightlife and club-cultures, where people seek a moment of ecstasy and oblivion, breaking away from stereotypes and pressures imposed on them by society. This has led me to the question of where do I stand when it comes to social and musical enjoyment? Where and how one could learn about one’s own desire? The practices I’ve engaged with to explore this bidirectional dialogue between oppression and liberation, a process of self-exchange between anarchy and discipline. In the practices of forming and deforming within materials and silhouette, experimenting with precise measurement or mis-cacalculated, has guided me to a dissolution of the boundary, as well as my desire for a world that eludes measurement and the language of systems. That has enabled me to embrace unexpected outcomes, exploring the dynamics of losing control and ramshackle feels, liberation of the sartorial structure. My design also inspired by the imagery/memories about how an individual looks when in a free state of mind. I believe that when an individual is not expected to represent anything, when they are autonomous from social norms and conventions, that individual has achieved a harmony and equilibrium within themselves.