Eleng Luluan
Rukai people
Born 1968, Haocha (Kuchapungan) community, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Lives and works in Dawu, Pingtung County

Eleng Luluan is a Rukai artist highly regarded for her ambitious, architectural-scale installations that comment on the culture and resilience of her indigenous Taiwanese community. Her installations combine delicate weaving techniques with a dynamic spatial sensibility, utilising waste materials in new and surprising ways. For Luluan, the principles of wabacabacas — where the movement of the hand embodies thoughts, beliefs, history and culture — and the practice of interweaving voices from her community are central to building cultural resilience to sustain the community into an uncertain future.
 

This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney.