A Portal, Prelude, Longing Emerged, 2024
6.6x5.4 cm Polaroid photos, Digital prints, Video installation

When an apple appeared in my dream, I found myself searching for its thoughts, as if it held answers.

In the summer of 2024, I traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan—the birthplace of apples—performing a ritualistic journey to trace the origins of life, later, I returned once more, and later, I can't stop but keep returning.

Why does the apple embody such contradictions—betrayal, beauty, essence, also the shifting values of the art market? The apple exists in a paradox: simple yet profound, tangible yet conceptual. It resists control, remains unharmed, and never missing. It is not just an object but an idea—an anchor that connects, endures, and invites interpretation. A Portal, Prelude, Longing Emerged is my first attempt to explore certain "obsession" in a personal way, to glimpse the world through the lens of an apple. It is a prelude—an introduction. It is a visual lyric, consisting of over 100 mini polaroids and digital pictures of apples, each capturing a fleeting moment, marked by the rhythms of body motion.