Drifting Between Perceptions: How Text Creates Distance in a Work

Author: Lin Pei-Yao Lee Kit, The Last Piece of Cloud, 2023, exhibition view, TKG+. Photo: Lin Pei-Yao. For me, the difference between text and speech lies in the fact that text can be separated from its writer (the speaker). When a reader absorbs words into their mind, the reader becomes a medium: through the act of reading, text transforms into speech and becomes part of thought itself. The question “Who is speaking?” can take on an ambiguous answer, precisely because the reader participates in the process of reading.