Kai Hsuan Chang

Inspired by solar panel fields in my homeland, the work translates industrial forms into handcrafted, human-scale sculptures. Using wood, rope, and dye, I reconstruct these infrastructures through slow, manual processes, softening their rigid technological presence.

Rather than presenting solar panels as symbols of progress, “SOLAR-“ reframes them as sites of tension — where development, land, and Indigenous experience intersect. Through shifts in scale and material language, the work questions how infrastructures transform not only physical environments but also emotional and cultural relationships to place while attempting to re-tribalise altered landscapes.