Community Collaboration Project
This work explores the labor and knowledge of women in the fishing village of Matsu, focusing on the traditional practices of spinning Sisal Agave rope and weaving fishing nets by hand—skills once essential to sustaining a family. Through community participation, participants use resin clay to imprint the traces of their hands, collectively creating a buoyant form reminiscent of floating net buoys left on the shore.
By unraveling Sisal rope and restoring it to its raw fiber, the work follows a reverse path—reviving lost materials, memories, and skills. It reflects on themes of disappearance and renewal, honoring female labor histories while reimagining them in the present. Like a net drifting in the sea, the piece becomes a visual archive of survival, continuity, and change.
he Agavaceae family includes hundreds of species worldwide, such as those in the Agave genus and the Yucca genus. During this visit to Matsu, I collected two types for fiber extraction: Agave americana and Yucca sp. As for Agave sisalana, it is found on another island and therefore could not be obtained this time. The project responds to the plants in Matsu while also connecting to the historical labor and memories of women in Matsu fishing villages.
The work is part of 2025 Matsu Biennial.