Bourriaud, N. (2002) Relational Aesthetics. Dijon: Les Presses du Réel.
2025.07.12
Abstract：Relational aesthetics emphasizes that artistic creation fosters human interaction, transforming art into a generative field for social relations.
Association with the project：The idea that “art can repair or reconstruct interpersonal relationships” and the concept of “the audience as co-creator” led me to consider a second intervention: participatory art workshops.
White, M. and Epston, D. (1990) Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends. New York: Norton.
2025.07.04
[PDF] Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends | Semantic Scholar
Abstract：Narrative therapy posits that individuals reconstruct their identities through storytelling, thereby transforming the life narratives dominated by problems.
Association with the project：Narrative therapy emphasizes “externalizing problems.” My project transforms family pressures into art through sculpture and dialogue, providing an emotional outlet. Simultaneously, fictional family histories can also serve as a form of narrative therapy accessible to the general public.
Anderson, B. (1983) Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso, (p. 187-206).
2025.08.03
Abstract：A nation is an imagined community held together by shared narratives and symbols, rather than by pure blood ties or geographical facts.
Association with the project：The project explores family identity, demonstrating through this theory that families similarly rely on narratives and symbols for cohesion, rather than solely on biological ties.
Bishop, C. (2012) Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship. London: Verso.
2025.06.09
Abstract：The book explores the history and politics of participatory art, as well as the shift in the audience’s role from bystander to co-creator.
Association with the project：Starting from the audience, invite spectators and participants to become creators.
Hirsch, M. (1997) Family Frames: Photography, Narrative, and Postmemory. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
2025.07.03
Abstract：Proposing the concept of “post-memory,” wherein subsequent generations inherit and reconstruct the traumas and family histories of preceding generations through photographs and narratives.
Association with the project：Fictional family histories and sculptural works represent the younger generation’s “rewriting” of familial memories, aligning closely with the concept of “post-memory.” By emphasizing the transmission of non-direct experiences across generations, participants in such projects may lack complete family recollections yet can reconstruct meaning through art—a process that embodies post-memory.
Song, D. (2005) Waste Not. [Installation]. Beijing: Chambers Fine Art.
2025.08.05
Abstract：The work presents family heirlooms as an exhibition, exploring memory, frugality, and historical trauma while examining shifts within the family and society.
Association with the project：The works showcase the intertwining of private memory and social history, and this project’s fictional family history can also be reflected through the “archiving of objects.”
Calle, S. (2007) Take Care of Yourself. [Installation]. Venice Biennale.
2025.07.06
Take care of yourself – Sophie Calle — Google Arts & Culture
Abstract：The project invited over a hundred women to interpret breakup letters, presenting diverse voices to explore intimate relationships and societal roles.
Association with the project：The exhibition presents multiple perspectives, inspiring this project to juxtapose participants’ sculptures with interviews, forming a “collective family history.” Simultaneously, the workshop transforms personal family memories into public art.
Steyerl, H. (2009) ‘In Defense of the Poor Image’, e-flux Journal, (10).
2025.03.15
In Defense of the Poor Image – Journal #10
Abstract：Poor-Image emphasizes low resolution and circulation, revealing the democratization of imagery and power dynamics in the digital age.
Association with the project：Family memories are often blurred and fragmented, and the use of low-quality images echoes the “instability of memory.” The AI-processed footage of interviews and sculptures can be understood as being re-copied and re-created in the digital age.
Tayrn, S. (2011) A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters. [Installation]. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
2025.08.16
Abstract：The work employs archival techniques to present family genealogy, exploring how identity, absence, and power shape the individual.
Association with the project：The project also explores themes of bloodline, memory, and social identity. Its visual composition and information architecture can be leveraged to enhance the book’s installation-like quality.
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