​I was born into a family of collectors, and from a young age, our home was filled with all sorts of antiques, especially ancient texts. Ancient texts are like natural entities imprisoned within human society. They were once trees in the forest, cut down by humans to create paper and tattooed with words, becoming vessels for human culture. The process of collecting them requires isolating these natural entities completely from nature itself. For instance, they need to be shielded from moisture, insects, and light. Thus, the tree's natural metabolic cycle is suspended as it transforms into paper. So, I began to wonder if it's possible to reintegrate ancient texts into the natural metabolic cycle, allowing fungi to once again break them down, ultimately leading to their decomposition and return to the soil.

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In my project 'Paper Forest,' I planted mushrooms on a Qing Dynasty ancient text and attempted to break down the text."