157cm

Title: 157cm
Medium: Rong Bao's hair
Dimension: 157x57x3cm
Year: 2022

At 157cm tall, I am a very petite woman compared to most people. I was teased and joked about while I was growing up, especially by the taller boys. For this piece, I made barbed wire with my hair and hung it across at the height of 157cms, so that anyone taller than that would have to bow down to get through.

By referring to the highest point of my body - my long black hair - which is often identified as a female trait and transforming it into barbed wire I wanted to draw out the invisible violence within a patriarchal society by reversing its rules and standards.