Salt is renowned as one of seven necessities in Chinese proverb; in conjunction with firewood, rice, oil, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. The character for salt, 盐 is comprised of 3 constituent parts; 土, of the earth, 卜, divination and 皿, dish. Harvested from the earth in crystalline form, salt is extracted from a constellation of elements; filtered from vast seas, pulled from pristine lakes, scooped from wells, extricated from the sands of empty sea beds, scraped from crimson rocks in hollowed caves. In response to this exhibition, Angie Pai uses the metaphor of salt as a conceptual basis for her material explorations across painting, sculpture, textiles and video. The process of reduction and transformation is expressed across various mediums, forming a series of aesthetic meditations on home, labor and love.