CRYPTOCLADIC ARCHIVORA is a newspaper that I produced during the participation of a residency-Cross-Cultural Room Exchange: Taiwan–New York. Carrying out a 15-day online international exchange residency. The residency provided a framework for artists to share and exchange their studios/ rooms without having to travel abroad.

Instead of sharing images of their physical spaces, artists described their studios and rooms through words, videos, sound, etc. Based on these descriptions, each artist then created an artwork to respond their partner’s unique working and rest space, reflecting the richness of their cultural exchange. Through this process, artists had experienced each other’s life in various and alternative ways with multiple sensory stimulation rather than just visual satisfacation.

CRYPTOCLADIC ARCHIVORA set in a speculative future through a poetic and fragmented narrative. By deconstructing and reassembling my artist partner’s studio to explore the relationship between memory, technology, and the biology. Using 'clay' and 'cats' as metaphors, the piece reinterprets the boundaries between the virtual and the real, and the nature of perception. Blending elements of science fiction, art theory, and posthuman thought, the work embraces both experimentation and openness.

The residency celebrated with 16 diverse artworks at the very end of the programme. The artworks were exhibited in Taipei, Taiwan for a month, and in New York City for a one-day pop-up exhibition, accompanied by a live-streamed press conference with Taiwan. Which had brought this unique experimental international cultural exchange to a wider audience.