Have a good rest! (2025)
Hand-guided machine embroidered, found silk fabric, reflective fabric; silk, viscose and metalic threads, rattan mat.
Pillow: 1.5x 33 x 360cm
Have a Good Rest! (2025) extends this meditation into the social realm. Constructed as a textile “pillow book,” the work invites viewers to lie down, reclaiming rest as an act of protest. One side is embroidered with figures of people sleeping or reclining in public spaces—moments of unplanned, minimal leisure I observed during my travels. The other side, stitched with the word REST repeatedly on reflective fabric, flashes under light, transforming a passive state into a visual and political assertion. Referencing Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book and Vietnamese socialist propaganda such as “Yêu lao động” (“Love to Work”), I question whether contemporary societies still allow the body to rest without guilt or justification.


Exhibited at PRICK! Needlework Now Exhibition
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery
Feb 2025
Melbourne, Australia
Photo by Christian Capurro
Exhibited at Koganecho Bazaar 2025
Yokohama, Japan
Photo by Liu Shujia