Yi Ten Lai examines the sensations of national and cultural belonging through the lens of traditional crafts and rituals. Rooted in their Andalusian and Hongkonese heritage, they explore the complexities of Orientalism, engaging with themes of identity fluidity and cultural questioning, and creating a third space between East and West.

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They conjugate object-based pieces — such as drawings, décollages, oil paintings, ceramics, and sound installations — with performative elements that flirt with the rhetorics of rituals. Through their practice, they delve into the dynamics and poetics of the self and the unifying forces within Otherness.