SHELTER

This project explores the universal need for shelter—whether a house, an apartment, or a nest. The installation invites viewers to directly interact with the work, exploring and inhabiting the sculptures as personal spaces of refuge.

Drawing inspiration from indigenous, aboriginal, and ancient communities, the work highlights parallels between human and animal shelters. Rustic construction methods of birds, insects, and humans share similarities in materials, techniques, and forms. The installation investigates these processes, bridging biology and architecture while examining how instinct and cultural tradition shape nesting practices.

Made entirely from locally sourced bamboo and fabrics, the work consists of four shelters of varying sizes, designed to be touched, used, and experienced by visitors, offering an intimate encounter with the concepts of protection, space, and belonging.

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All the fabric is repurposed material donated by Yee Chain International Co. 

This installation and its construction methods are original artistic expressions developed by Lua Rivera as part of the Rivera Rhizomatic Construction Method and bamboo weaving techniques learned by Lee Kuei-Chih with his authorization.