Shuyi Cao and the Poetics of Perpetual Transformation

In Shuyi Cao’s world, nothing remains as it was. Driftwood roots twist and metamorphose, transforming gradually – through shells, fish bones, glass – until they arrive, almost imperceptibly, at plastic. Branches spring outward, alien leaves unfurling to reveal tiny, intricate worlds within. The landscape Cao conjures is one governed entirely by transformation, by the perpetual…

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