Michelle Tsang

‘Wen 妏’ is an experimental typographic system that reimagines the visual legacy of Chinese writing through a feminine, diasporic lens. The title ‘Wen 妏’ embodies the project’s aim to reimagine what has been historically overlooked: 妏, formed from 女 (woman) and 文 (writing), is a character stripped of meaning and relegated to ornament. Drawing from traditional rhetoric and embodied knowledge, ‘Wen’ translates the unseen textures of history into a speculative typographic system. Inspired by Li Qingzhao’s spatial poetics, ‘Wen’ treats written language as a tactile landscape, rewriting what could have been and what might still become.