VASEBYSU, an artist duo comprising Hong Kong artists Su and JM, found profound inspiration in the structured landscape of contemporary urban environments. Observing resilient flora emerging through concrete fissures during urban explorations, they conceptualised a body of work that interrogates conventional definitions of containment and botanical habitation.

Su and JM developed the artistic concept that any surface nurturing botanical life inherently functions as a vessel. This perspective crystallised after viewing documentary footage of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, where abandoned architecture and industrial remnants had transformed into inadvertent hosts for flourishing vegetation. This pivotal observation led them to articulate a central theme: Earth itself constitutes the primordial vessel, with human intervention merely creating temporary boundaries for nature's persistent growth patterns.

VASEBYSU’s distinctive methodology involves recreating quotidian objects—garments, footwear, domestic appliances—using a stone mixture and preserved flowers. These sculptural works transcend conventional temporal boundaries, positioning themselves as future archaeological artefacts. The artist duo envisions these creations persisting beyond human civilisation, ultimately serving as substrates for botanical colonisation in a post-Anthropocene landscape.