Yi Chen

My name is Yi Chen (陈怡）and I am based in Hangzhou, China. I am a graphic designer who is interested in the areas of language, writing, and self-thinking.

I was not a person who liked to read before, but at the age of 24, I started reading more extensively. In the process of reading, in addition to my happy reading experiences, I also experienced some painful (difficult), and boring reading experiences.

This led me to think; what’s the difference between them? How can I turn the process of reading into an enjoyable one? How do I view the original author’s ideas while reading the text? How can I help myself express and stimulate ideas in the process of reading? This is the work which emerged. Please feel free to join my journey.

This project takes the form of:

-relooking at the reading process

-finding the reader’s voice through reading

-exploring the infinity of writing

This project considers:

-the loop of reading, translating, writing 

-the loop of reader, translator, writer

-the loop of absorbing, self-thinking, expressing 

-the loop of depth, mutability, and intuition.

The project takes an everyday subject (reading and writing). However, oftentimes, the more common things are, the easier it is to overlook and forget them, so that the benefits of the ability to read and write will be lost.

I want to record my journey of reading to allow those who are in the situation of forgetting the pleasure of reading, or not knowing how to think for themselves, as well as not realising the infinity of writing. I want people to first perceive and then regain their inherent abilities; making the reading, learning, thinking, and writing process an interesting adventure.