Lines linking lives

For her exhibition, Li designed an installation where letters glimmer gently in a dark, quiet space, visible only as viewers draw near.

"Her work is both intensely personal to the quiet viewer, and so universal that you could not detect the artist's nationality," said Philip Ward, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK, while reviewing Li's work. "Her work is confined neither to her time or place but is eternal in its wisdom and beauty."

From a confidential women's space, nyushu is certainly becoming a "global culture that belongs to the world", leading composer Tan Dun said in a previous interview in 2018.A Hunan native, he has composed several works on nyushu.