Letters
信
In today's society, the divorce rate is increasing and single-parent families are becoming the norm. During their youth, children in single-parent families often fail to understand their parents' child-rearing practices and have communication issues with their parents. Communication barriers are especially likely between sons and mothers due to physical and psychological factors. The mother's nagging voice is often met by the son's silent back. The most response some mothers get are replies like, “You’re so annoying!” "Okay! I got it,” ''OK," and other impatient retorts. Any ordinary person would be furious, but mothers receive such responses from their children again and again, yet still care wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, the special way their mothers treat them has never crossed the minds of adolescent children. This work is the artist's reflection on his adolescent self in his twenties, contrasting children’s inability to express themselves or ambiguous speech with a mother's concern and reasonableness, thus showing the greatness of the mother's love, and more importantly, the gratitude and filial piety that the artist wants to express to his mother.
This work originates from the 30 to 40 emails and handwritten letters sent between mother and son during the 3 to 4 years the artist was pursuing a college education away from home. The overlapping of the letters represents the interweaving of memories, the stacking of time, and the complex emotional link between mother and child. The inspiration for this work comes from the artist's personal experience.
Client:
Ms. Xie
客户：
谢女士
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当今社会离婚率越来越高，单亲家庭也逐渐成为常态，而单亲家庭中的子女们在青春时代往往不能理解父母的做法，与父母存在沟通方面的问题，尤其是儿子与母亲之间由于生理、心理方面的因素，更容易存在一定的交流障碍。
母亲唠叨的声音往往对应的是儿子沉默的背影，甚至有的母亲得到最多的回复是诸如“你烦不烦”、“哎呀，知道了”、“好、嗯”等不耐烦的回复，从平常人的角度来说必然会大发雷霆，而母亲一次次收到孩子这样的回复却依旧关心备至，这怕是儿女们青春期从不曾考虑的。
本作品是设计师用二十几岁的思想反思青春期的自己，将男生或女生不会表达或说话含糊不清与母亲的关心备至和句句切理进行对比，从而表现出母爱的伟大，同时更多的是儿子想对母亲表达的感恩和孝顺。
该作品源于孩子离乡求学的连续两三年里母子间跨越时间与空间的三四十封书信，其中有电子邮件也有亲笔书信。将信件的重叠代表回忆的交织，也象征着时间的堆叠以及母与子复杂的情感链接。灵感来源于设计师本人的亲身经历。