AKAMU means this place, the here, the now, the specific ground under your feet.
It is not a brand. It is a position.
All research, field work, and objects made under this name come from a specific place, a specific time, and a body that was present.
Lin Peiann
Lin Peiann is an artist-researcher and design strategist working at the intersection of speculative archaeology, material practice, and social design. She is the founder of AKAMU, a studio whose name means this place, the specific ground, time, and body present in every act of making.
Her practice begins in the field. She collects sediment from contested Taiwanese landscapes, works with fishing communities in Penghu, and runs long-term ceramic workshops with survivors of domestic violence. The objects she makes function as future fossils: material evidence of agreements between humans and the natural world that were broken before they were finished.
She is currently completing a Master’s degree at the Institute of Creative Industries Design, National Cheng Kung University, and is a participant in international artist residencies including Light Observatory #7 in the Netherlands.
Selected
2025 IUS International Urban Symposium, Tuscany
2023 Ambiente New Talent, Messe Frankfurt
2022 Pier-2 Artist-in-Residence, Kaohsiung
2021 Garden of Hope · Ceramic Healing Workshop, ongoing
2018 NTCRI Micro Factory Residency
Contact
Email / akamudeco@gmail.com
