Paper-Cutting: A Prism of History and Algorithm
The Collaboration
Co-curated the exhibition “A Letter of Paper Written in Time” in Shanghai with Xu Yang, a National-level Intangible Cultural Heritage inheritor. Managed the display of over 60 traditional works, shifting the narrative from “folk art"” to “visual literature” that archives the history of ordinary people.
The Academic Perspective
As a student of Global Civilization History, I reframed this ancient craft as a non-verbal narrative of human rituals and seasonal transitions. By integrating historical inquiry with algorithmic logic, I explored how traditional cultural "genes" can be digitally preserved and disseminated in the modern era.
The Global Exchange
Bridged Eastern heritage with Western academic environments by facilitating a featured display and exchange at Tonbridge School in the UK. This initiative, recognized by Shanghai Daily, demonstrates a new model of youth-led cultural diplomacy that connects ancestral wisdom with contemporary global discourse.
The United Nations: One Continuous Sheet (July 2026)
Through the Global Youth Art & Action Exhibition by Art Has No Boundaries, I brought Xu Yang’s Beijing paper-cutting scrolls to the UN Headquarters in New York. Carrying these delicate hand-cut works across borders was a lesson in preservation. Standing in the UN corridors, I saw a profound structural metaphor: no matter how intricate the cuts, every shape remains connected within a single, continuous sheet – the ultimate visual representation of our global interdependence.
