Pocket Review Her flickering, hollow, and bandaged forms trace histories embodied across generations.

October 28, 2026 — 2 min read

Cici Wu, "Traveling Star" (2024/2026), ink, mineral pigment, mulberry paper, bamboo wire, willow withies, wheat glue, animal glue, handmade glass (all images courtesy 47 Canal, photo Sebastian Bach)

In Cici Wu’s exhibition at 47 Canal, Auld Lang Syne (prelude) , a 16mm projector sits behind a flickering image of Princess Bari, the Korean goddess who guides souls into the afterlife. Yet the projector isn’t conjuring her image, nor any narrative.

The projector and the shamanic deity are among 11 lantern sculptures made of bamboo, willow withies, and mulberry paper, glowing from within and illuminating the otherwise pitch-black basement gallery.…