The puppets’ strings leave the picture
Phyu Sin Thant’s Untethered begins with peeling posters and lives pulled like marionettes. November 7–19 in Studio 5 at Hsinchu Railway Art Village.
Buddy Lien · Hsinchu · November 2, 2026
Phyu Sin Thant: Untethered exhibition poster
Phyu Sin Thant
Work: Phyu Sin Thant. Poster published by Hsinchu Railway Art Village, with Mekong Cultural Hub. Editorial use.
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Two exhibitions in one warehouse visit: Untethered in Studio 5 and Ecologies of Making in the main hall.
An orange jointed figure raises a hand. A grey figure overlaps it, with rows of elaborately dressed puppets behind. Pale strings cross the body and continue beyond the poster’s edge. The controlling hand stays out of sight.
Phyu Sin Thant began this series by looking at weathered advertisements peeling from sheet-metal walls. Those layers held traces of social, economic, educational and political histories. Drawing on her life as a Myanmar artist, she sets traditional imagery and everyday life behind people pulled by political, economic and religious forces.
Mekong Cultural Hub is supporting the Monywa artist’s three-month residency in Hsinchu. Untethered runs November 7–19 in Studio 5. In the same art village, Elena Redaelli’s Ecologies of Making continues in the main exhibition hall through November 29.
Get there
Public transport
From Hsinchu Station, follow the underground passage toward the bus station and Exit 5, then Lane 1, Dongnan Street; allow about ten minutes.
Sources
- Railway Art Village: Untethered ↗ — Artist statement, residency, dates, Studio 5 and poster
- Railway Art Village: updates ↗ — Venue, exhibitions and activities
- Elena Redaelli: Ecologies of Making ↗ — Residency, materials and exhibition dates
- NCAF event platform ↗ — Free admission, dates, address and poster