Unbodied
Bamboo, kinetic motors and synthetic hair
Approx. 400 cm (H), dimensions variable
2026


A four-metre bamboo forms the central body of the installation, animated by multiple kinetic devices, with strands of black hair appearing to grow from it. The bamboo moves continuously in subtle swaying motions, occasionally interrupted by sudden, larger movements. Each device is programmed with different timings, making these shifts difficult to anticipate and giving the bamboo a seemingly self-directed, organic rhythm.

The bamboo was collected from Yim Tin Tsai, an island in Hong Kong, after it was found fallen beside the Hakka house where the work was later installed. No longer a living plant, it remains as a bodily remnant. Within East Asian cultural traditions and ghost narratives, hair is often associated with spirits and ghostly presences. Appearing to grow from the lifeless bamboo, the strands of black hair evoke the spectral atmosphere of ancient ghost tales. As the bamboo continued to move throughout the exhibition period, strands of hair gradually fell from its body and accumulated on the floor.

Conceived specifically for the Hakka house, the bamboo’s four-metre height closely mirrors the architecture that contains it: the house becomes a bodily shell, with the bamboo forming another body within it. Through the convergence of bamboo, hair and mechanical movement, the work gives an organic presence to a mechanical system, blurring the boundaries between living and non-living, body and spirit, the human and non-human.一株四米高的竹枝構成裝置的核心軀體，並由多組動力機構驅動，黑色髮絲彷彿從枝幹中生長出來。竹枝持續以細微的幅度緩緩晃動，偶爾被突如其來的劇烈動作打斷。各組裝置均設定了不同的運作時間，使竹枝的動態難以預測，呈現出一種彷彿自主運行、富有生命感的節奏。

竹枝取自香港鹽田梓，藝術家在作品其後展出的客家老屋旁發現這株倒下的竹枝。它雖已不再是活生生的植物，卻仍以軀體殘骸的形態繼續存在。在東亞文化傳統與鬼魅敘事中，頭髮常與靈魂及幽靈般的存在產生聯繫。黑色髮絲彷彿從失去生命的竹枝中生長出來，喚起古老志怪故事中的幽魅氛圍。隨著竹枝在展覽期間持續晃動，部分髮絲逐漸從其軀體脫落，散落並積聚於地面。

作品專為這座客家老屋而構思。竹枝四米的高度與建築空間相近，使老屋化為一具軀殼，而竹枝則成為棲居其中的另一個軀體。透過竹枝、髮絲與機械運動的結合，作品賦予機械系統一種有機的生命氣息，模糊了生與非生、軀體與靈魂，以及人與非人之間的界線。