Paprika Xu

Designer / gardener in Lutruwita (tasmania) / aural, somatic, poetic / part of Common而間, a small workers co-operative that read books and make softwares / previously led product design at Canva / always becoming / once a tumble leaf


Music
LANTAU 爛桃 (EP)


“A release that carries an enticing feeling of benevolence communicated through poetic vocals and bright, imaginative production.”

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Writing
Poems

Moonrise Lisboa
August 22
離離
Vicikitsā
Thirtieth
Party history
Keep moving
The rules of three
[ 開 | 窗 ]
有這樣一天
蜘蛛的夢
搬家
爛桃
菌君讀毒
第十一種假設
壞天氣
蘑菇的網

沒有影子的牆
愛肯定理解愛
屏幕的慾望
溫柔的空氣
與其愛人不如養狗

走了好遠有點記不清
海濱道
I dream of wires



Translation
A Bleary Elapse (回忆模糊推演)



Haiku
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7


Miscellaneous


On Style (lecture) Creative & Design Con, 2020
Keep Moving (exhibition) Cocoon, Spectre, 2020
Touch (event) Great Offline, 2018
Meta Love (project) Pots for Swaps, 2018-2019
In for the Signal (talk) TechieCat HK, 2015

與其愛人不如養狗 Dogs, Not Lovers


10.07.2013

當你一個人的時候
冰箱滿了
餓到吃不下灰塵
你選擇用學習的方式自我磨損
洗衣機轉得飛快
而你磨損得更多
每當這個時候你都是飢餓的
可憐的
比門檻低的
比空氣濕的
比你訂閱了卻從來不讀的雜誌更焦急的
像一株盆栽植物
旁邊是你的水杯和電話
每當這個時候它們都變得更加安靜
除了飛轉的洗衣機
磨損的你吱吱喳喳發出聲音