遺物雜誌 Relics Magazine

Relics Magazine records the souvenir gifts collected by the mysterious collector Mr. N. Among many other items, there is a hollow-carved white porcelain vase, an inlaid enamel plate, a pair of luminous cups, glaze bird ornament, a double-sided embroidery of panda eating bamboo, mini model of Peking Opera facial masks, gold diamond studded Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest keyrings, Ruyi shape USB disk… These objects were given to Mr N mostly during his university visits to cities in China during his university teaching days, represents the spirit of the Chinese literati's quest for playthings. Seen through this work, “relics”(yiwu) are things beyond objects, things left behind, and/or things that are lost. Relics Magazine was co-created by Ni Jui Hung and Mulu Office between 2021 and 2023. This work is dedicated to Mr. N and his family.