Ye Di (叶底), my grandmother’s name, also means the underside of a leaf. This project explores how domestic objects carry intergenerational memory, care, control, and hidden family structures within a Chinese household. Beginning with my parents’ belongings, photographed in situ, the project treats the home as a living archive where placement becomes a form of language. 

Through alignment, repetition, concealment, and display, I examine how intimacy and power are quietly organised through things, inviting viewers to read everyday objects as evidence of emotional and familial order.