The work started from a forced month-long trip from Taiwan to Hong Kong in 2020-2021, including two weeks of quarantine and two weeks of waiting without knowing when I could leave, due to the requirement of obtaining a residency permit to enter Finland during the pandemic. Staring at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, the sea asked me: "Which sea are you facing? Are you drifting or do you have control over it?"
Photographed hand gestures unfolded on paper tell about their intentions: to catch, to show direction. Water flows down, the bowl catches it; water becomes the shape of the bowl. Hands and water can be turned into infinite shapes.