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.”

Read the full review by Liam Murphy


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

愛肯定理解愛 To Love, To Be Loved


03.19.2021

與其給我愛不如給我肯定
扔一根點著的火柴到樹林裡
愛說我願將你緊緊籠罩
肯定吹來一陣風

與其給我肯定不如給我理解
這裡夏季雨水不是太少就是太多
肯定自然是美的美是自然的
理解陪坐在院裡聽雨聲

與其給我理解不如給我愛
初冬第一場雪我想養一隻狗一隻貓
理解溫柔地點頭
愛說我們一起蓋一座房子