《Kehendak Bertahan - The Will to Stay》
In this series, every mechanical butterfly is a paradox—
fragile, yet fearless.
This one bears rust. Her wings are chipped, her porcelain cracked.
She is no longer whole. And yet, she flies.
This piece is dedicated to those who have lived with cancer—
the diagnosed, the healed, the caretakers.
Her Unit ID, CNCR-0204, marks World Cancer Day.
Her Series No, STY-ALV, stands for her quiet affirmation: the will to stay alive.
She is not a symbol of victory, nor a banner of battle.
She resembles the post-surgery body, the medicated soul, the still-healing heart.
Her metal joints are rusted—stained by time, by treatment.
Her batik wings are frayed, faded, but still open.
She is no longer the butterfly she was.
But she remains—
And that,
is enough.
In her slow and silent flight,
we witness a soft kind of resistance.
Not loud.
Not triumphant.
But present.
Her name is Kehendak Bertahan – The Will to Stay.
And it is not just hers.
It is ours.
~Each echo carves a memory into time ~
在这个系列中，每一只机械蝴蝶，都是一种象征——
她既脆弱，也勇敢。
这一次，她的身体锈蚀，翅膀残缺，釉面斑驳。她不再完整，却依然选择飞行。
这幅作品献给每一个曾与癌症交战的人——包括患者、康复者、与守在他们身边的人。
她的身份编号 CNCR-0204，对应的是世界癌症日；而她的系列编号 STY-ALV，是她最深的信念——“选择留下来”。
她不是胜利的象征，也不是战斗的标语。
她更像是手术后的身体、疗程后的心灵、疗愈中的灵魂。她的金属躯干锈迹斑斑，那是时间与药物的痕迹；她的翅膀边缘断裂、图案褪色，却依旧努力保持展开。
她已不是原来的她。
但她还在——
而这，已经够了。
在她缓慢振翅的身影中，我们看到一种沉静的坚持。
没有高声疾呼，也不需要鲜明的胜利；
她的存在，就是抵抗遗忘的方式。
她的名字是：Kehendak Bertahan – The Will to Stay。
这不仅是她的决定，也是我们所有人，在脆弱中选择继续活下去的证明。
Purpose of Creation | 创作初衷
This work is deeply personal to me. My grandmother passed away from cancer, and through her journey I witnessed the weight of suffering that illness can bring. Yet I also saw the quiet strength of choosing to keep going, even when the body is frail. The Will to Stay is my way of offering encouragement to those still fighting—to remind them that even in fragility, there is resilience, and that every moment of staying is an act of courage.
这件作品对我而言充满个人情感。我的外婆因癌症离世，我亲眼见证了病魔所带来的沉重痛苦，也看见了在身体逐渐衰弱之中，仍然选择坚持下去的坚韧力量。《The Will to Stay》是我想给予病患的一份鼓励——提醒他们，即便脆弱之中，仍然存在坚强；每一个选择继续活下去的时刻，都是勇气的体现。