Yang’s work generates an experience that is both familiar and strange, weaving together visual softness with conceptual sharpness. This combination allows viewers to feel tenderness, poignancy, sadness, and confusion simultaneously. This complex emotional engagement evokes unspeakable feelings, transforming viewing into an active, participatory, and evolving process. She intentionally showcases states of incompletion and ongoing transformation, where ruins emerge as a continual site of regeneration.


Visible Stitches, Invisible Women
“Visible Stitches, Invisible Women” by Yang Yu draws inspiration from the enduring value of items like handcrafted sweaters, which, though outdated and non-mainstream choices, become vessels for memories. Yang parallels the overlooked role of women in coding with the historical significance of women in weaving traditions. She unveils the hidden labor in coding and weaving through an interactive space, translating hand-knitted sweaters into unique patterns.