Displayed on a floating shelf is a blank opened notebook, and delicately carved on the right page are the Laozi words 玄牝 (Xuan Pin). Whereas Xuan – 玄 – means that which is profound and subtle, the unseen, the darkness, and the colour black, Pin – 牝 – refers to the female gender, especially as it pertains to animals. Read together, they designate a generative life-creating and life-nurturing force shrouded in mystery. In more than one way, everything encapsulated in the concept of Xuan Pin functions as the leitmotif of Wei Ling Hung’s explorations at Est-Nord-Est.
Dubé, Joëlle. “Wei Ling Hung.” Est-Nord-Est: Résidence été 2025, texte-témoin.