Valentina Ștefănescu｜2025 SUSFUTURE 國際永續時尚設計展

The Silence Between Us unfolds as a quiet dialogue between two sculptural forms — one dark, one light — each inhabiting the fragile border between visibility and concealment. Through layering, stitching, and tactile modulation, Valentina Ștefănescu transforms textile matter into a language of care and emotional resonance. The two presences face each other like reflections, connected by a silence that is both distance and intimacy. The work explores how empathy can emerge from contrast, and how materials carry traces of emotion and memory. Rooted in the ethics of sustainability, it proposes repair and acceptance as acts of beauty — gestures that bind human sensitivity to ecological awareness, where design becomes both tender and enduring.

《The Silence Between Us｜我們之間的靜默》 如同一場低聲展開的對話，在兩個雕塑般的形體之間流動——一暗、一明，各自棲身於可見與遮蔽之間的脆弱邊界。透過層疊、縫製與觸感質地的細膩調控，Valentina Ștefănescu 將紡織材料轉化為一種關於關懷與情感共鳴的語言。

這兩個存在彼此相對，如同映照的倒影，被一種同時象徵距離與親密的靜默所連結。作品探討同理心如何從差異之中生成，以及材料如何承載情感與記憶的痕跡。

根植於永續倫理之中，此作將「修復」與「接納」視為一種美的行動——一種將人類的感性與生態意識緊密相繫的姿態。在此，設計不僅溫柔，也具持久性，成為兼具情感深度與環境責任的存在。