Pearl Necklace
Artwork Description
| Pearl Necklace explores leaving not as a single moment of departure, but as a gradual emotional crossing. Set within a familiar domestic space, the photographs linger on the period when the body has begun to detach while traces of a life remain. Fragmented images reflect how memory becomes partial and unstable at the threshold of departure. A recurring window-blind bead chain resembles a pearl necklace, linking objects, gestures, and moments into a fragile structure of remembrance. Suspended between attachment and release, presence and absence, the work considers what it means to inhabit a place while already leaving it behind. |
Pearl Necklace is a photographic series about the emotional threshold of leaving. Rather than documenting departure itself, the work focuses on its quieter aftermath: the unstable period in which a familiar space is no longer fully inhabited, yet has not been completely relinquished. The photographs move between fragments of the body, domestic objects, reflections, and empty or partially occupied spaces. Together, they echo the way memory operates around departure - not as a continuous record, but through details that become unexpectedly charged once separation begins. A recurring window-blind bead chain resembles a pearl necklace, functioning as both adornment and subtle restraint. Each bead suggests a fragment of domestic memory: individual moments held together, yet always capable of slipping apart. In relation to Crossings, the work considers movement as an emotional transition rather than a clearly defined journey across geographical borders. Leaving begins before physical departure and continues after it. The body, memory, and domestic space therefore occupy different temporal states: one moves away while another remains attached. Pearl Necklace inhabits this threshold between presence and absence, attachment and release, familiarity and estrangement. Rather than presenting crossing as a completed passage from one place to another, the series asks what happens when a person remains suspended between where they have belonged and what they are becoming. |
Yun Wen
| Yun’s practice centres on observation and reflection, using photography and video to reframe lived experience rather than document reality. Focusing on subtle emotional shifts and gestures, her work explores relationships between individuals and their social environments. Positioned as an observer, Yun translates uncertainty into visual propositions, inviting viewers to engage with her work as an open-ended question. |