Dinner Table

Inspired by a number of films and videos, and based on my 
own cultural background, I chose to use the dinner table as
an entry point to develop a project on family relationships,
family education and gender equality. The mental health of 
contemporary young people has always been a concern of mine,
especially in East Asia. One of the key factors influencing
mental health is family relationships, and in recent years 
the gender dichotomy in China has become increasingly serious,
resulting in significant changes in the young generation's
perception of marriage. The link between dinner and family
relationships is not direct, but the level of harmony in a 
family is inevitably revealed in the little things that go 
on in that family, so I think the dinner table would be a 
novel and intimate point of entry. I was also curious about
the father's place in this territory, given the traditional
perception of the kitchen table as the 'domain' of the 
mother and the equality of men and women, so I specifically
considered observing the role of the father in the family

For the project, I chose ten collaborators, two pairs of 
twins (one of which was pigeon pair), a couple, a sister 
and a friend, covering most Chinese families and hopefully 
also touching on some patriarchal issues. Conversations and
questionnaires were held with the ten collaborators, and the
photographs printed on the plates were chosen by the 
participants, taking into account their position in this 
work. To validate my research, a survey was also launched
to the wider public.