Liping Hua
Find Tanger in my Bag
For her Open Studio at KIOSK, Liping Hua presents an ongoing research project centered on the quffa (or gufa), a widely used mass-produced woven plastic bag in Morocco.
Through this study, she explores the tension between structure and accident, order and fragility. Although industrially produced, each quffa contains subtle deviations — threads that shift, patterns that drift, irregularities that escape mechanical precision.
Liping reads these variations as quiet narratives embedded within systems of order, translating them into drawings, compositions, and installations. In dialogue with the grid — a structure that underpins modern organization and thought — her work reflects on Tangier’s ongoing transformation, weaving together constraint, adaptation, and everyday vitality.
