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Hu Yinping鈥檚 artistic practice invites us to reconsider the prevailing social and artistic value systems, and to discover new possibilities for the existing relationship between labor and life within a whimsical world made of wool. Her conceptual project 鈥淗u Xiaofang鈥� serves as both an 鈥渁rtistic brand鈥� and a social experiment to interrogate the inherent logics of production and trade within our economic systems and society. Launched in 2015, the project initially sought to create a more meaningful and autonomous environment for older women in rural villages. Over time, it unexpectedly provided a platform for these women鈥攚ho have dedicated their lives to their family and have little connection to art鈥攖o express their subconscious selves. Hu Yinping began by commissioning knitted or crocheted items from women living in her hometown in Sichuan province. Rather than creating an art project, she had originally merely intended to bestow what she considered proper value for the time of these women, including her own mother, who have been undervalued in life and, more recently, exploited by online markets and export systems acquiring their work at minimal cost. Through the anonymous platform of the 鈥淴iaofang鈥� company, Hu Yinping discreetly provides a form of economic support for the women鈥檚 creative labor. Offering an unexpected, subversive perspective, her work compels viewers to reassess the value of 鈥渨omen鈥檚 craft鈥� and 鈥渨omen鈥檚 time.鈥�