School of Creative
Industries
Wu Yuhan
Yuhan is an art therapist trainee who is graduating with a Masters in Art Therapy at LASALLE College of the Arts in 2024. Through her time in the programme, she has worked with a range of patients ranging from older people with schizophrenia, cancer patients and oncology professionals.
Yuhan’s focus on the articulation of psychological concepts pushes her to reflect on the evolution of her professional identity, weaving her experience and knowledge in visual arts, movement, sports, sound and music to enrich the wellbeing of individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Work
点燃吧 (Light Them Up)
Video Installation
1 min 30 secs (loop)
2024
Inspired by her clinical placement, this work is Yuhan’s reflection on emotional containment and self-care as a mental health professional.
点燃吧 (Light Them Up) is an installation that combines video, Chinese calligraphy, ink, fire and burning movements. It seeks to answer the question, ""When I help clients process their catharsis, where can my catharsis go?”
Fire has associations to the destruction of physicality. When seen through the lens of expression, fire could bring introspective realisation that leads towards transformation. This artwork may be viewed as a transcendent, yet realistic, category of artistic inquiry to interpret the concept of catharsis.
