The central quilted work features the artist’s childhood t-shirt, emblazoned with the slogan: ‘Freakin Mind Reader’. On one edge, embroidered calligraphy quotes the Heart Sutra: “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form…” Spoken by Guanyin, the bodhisattva of mercy, the scripture speaks to the profound interdependence of all reality. Surrounded by a rhythmic void of repetitive hand-stitching, the playful garment and sacred text transform the quilt into a personal shrine, stitching the domestic past into a meaningful present.

Image courtesy the artist and ai.