Depiction：
The balloon is a curious symbol—one that carries dreams, evokes celebration, and suggests lightness and ascent, yet always harbors a quiet fragility beneath its tension. In Tsui Yung-Yen’s The Gypsies’ Urban Plan series, the balloon becomes a vessel that holds life, dreams, and longing. With motherhood, she naturally takes on the role of a guardian—no matter how high she soars or how far she ventures, she always returns to protect the home she has built, the shelter she lovingly maintains. Though the act of guarding is never easy, as long as one continues to dream and to build, new hopes can always be breathed into being. Through poetic yet resilient language, Tsui transforms the balloon into a passage between motherhood and art, between longing and reality—a light yet powerful form that floats gracefully between the two.
