the habitat files: something to stand on!

apt 2002 postcard
Gallery 5 wall installation

When I first saw Michael Lin's installation at the Asia-Pacific Triennial in 2002 at QAG, it was awe at first site! He has since been a favourite artist of mine. The scale, composition and colours created such a great experience. So much fun to be so dwarfed by the artwork and see the detail up close!

apt 2002 website
The amazing scale!

At the time I bought a huge poster of another of his installations in Holland. The use of colour and pattern in the stark atrium is such a surprise and so effective, totally transforming the space. I look at it and just want to go and stand in it! And now I can (sort of)!

City Hall Atrium - Den Haag, Holland

I was surprised and so happy to see you can bring a little bit of Michael Lin's world into your own home and onto your floor! Ke-Zu has transformed his work into a beautiful hand-knotted wool rug.

ze-zu website

Formosa rug - I just want to stand on it!

The inspiration for creating such vibrant and strong imagery? Twainese textiles, the APT website has a great quote from Michael on this.

‘I often spent time in the countryside with my grandfather when I was young. I still remember such textiles being used for bedding as women’s dowry; to me they also mark an age when Taiwan was transferring from handcrafted modes of production to industrial production, from rural to urban.’
http://www.visualarts.qld.gov.au/