Chu Chu 儲楚

随着我的书法技法和草书的提高，我越来越感觉到那些

最具有朴素精神的树枝在近乎成灰的无中低声诉述。

As my calligraphy practice matured, I increasingly felt that these branches, imbued with a spirit of simplicity, whispered softly from a near-ash nothingness.

—   Chu Chu

Chu Chu explores the relationship between natural forms and philosophical reflection. She began her Whispers of Trees series in 2010 by photographing fallen branches she had collected near her home. Over the subsequent years, she inked text onto the photos, within the branches’ shadows. The text in this enigmatic work is translated from physicist Stephen Hawking’s Universe in a Nutshell, a book published in 2001 that explores theories of cosmology.

—   Zimo Yang 杨紫陌 (RISD BFA 2026, Illustration)