Hung-Fu Tsai
蔡宏輔
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Lines of Position
I was born to isolate; there's a monster within
The Contemporary Cowboy Archive
On the Cusp of Wandering
Permanent Nipples
I'm Afraid of Bricks
Workshops
Floral Bodies
Permanent Nipples
2024
Brooches and box
aluminum, brass, remanium, photo print on paper, corn-based bioplastic, velvet
Inspired by the experience of me modeled in the “Free the Male Nipple” project by Paul Gong and Kuang-Yi Ku in 2021, I created this tribute work as a personal souvenir. It’s a pair of metal brooches cast from my own nipples, each capable of holding a picture in the back. These brooches symbolize preservation, memory, and empathy. They allow the nipples to be free both bodily and socially while maintaining their physical form. Although these are wearable jewelry pieces, I view them as a memory or offering following a ritual, and thus, I chose to keep them in a box.