The article reviews 'Threading Inwards,' an exhibition at the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) in Hong Kong, curated by Wang Weiwei, Eugene Hannah Park, Kurosawa Seiha, and Wang Huan. It features 14 artists from across Asia who use textile as a medium to explore themes of spirituality, memory, and cultural heritage. Works include Han Sang A's 'Threshold' series, Hu Yinping's 'Soul Bottle' series, and pieces by Aziza Kadyri, Mooni Perry, Citra Sasmita, IV Chan, and Chen Zhe, among others.
The exhibition matters because it repositions textile—often dismissed as craft or domestic labor—as a powerful artistic and spiritual medium that preserves disappearing legacies and fosters new forms of creative expression. By weaving together personal, matrilineal, and ritual narratives, the show challenges hierarchies in art and highlights the role of textiles in connecting the sacred with the everyday, the past with the present.