First Intervention：If you could redefine it, would it still be part of your life plan？

Based on previous data research, I categorized contemporary attitudes toward marriage into five types: legal, accompany, distance, daily life, and agency. Each attitude is matched with a symbolic fabric:

• Black lace represents legal structure
• White lace (like a wedding veil) symbolizes emotional companionship
• White embroidery stands for distance and emotional coldness
• Pink lace with pearls reflects the warmth of daily life
• Red tulle represents personal agency and the power to choose

The base fabric is red silk, traditionally associated with marriage in Chinese culture.

I invited five women, each holding a distinct view on marriage, to choose the fabric that resonated with them and stitch it onto the red silk base. The resulting composition reflects a collective visual narrative about tension, resistance, and the redefinition of marriage.

• The first participant viewed marriage as fundamentally legal. She fully covered the red base with black lace, emphasizing the binding, institutional nature of the union.
• The second said, “I know marriage is not perfect, but I still hope there is someone who can live with me.” She pleated the white lace like a wedding dress and gently placed it in one corner.
• The third believed marriage requires impulsive commitment, so she subtly placed the white embroidery (symbolizing calm distance) beneath the pleated lace—as if hesitation hides beneath romance.
• The fourth participant said, “Daily life should be able to cover up legal, calmness, and even marriage itself.” She covered the entire piece with pink lace and pearls, asserting life’s quiet power.
• The fifth, representing agency, placed the red tulle in a corner and stated, “Everyone should have the right to define their own choice.”

This fabric intervention is not about giving answers, but about making space for ambiguity, contradiction, and personal truth. Each stitch reveals a negotiation—with norms, with emotions, with the self. By translating abstract attitudes into tactile choices, this project invites us to rethink: If you could redefine it, would it still be part of your life plan？