Let Me Swim Like a Real Fish Publication Design
Let Me Swim Like a Real Fish is a political fable about Taiwanese identity. The plot of this story focuses on the argument between the small trapped fish and the Giant. The fish believes that it is the happiest fish in the world. The Giant disagrees, so he decides to break the bag to punish this fish…
This fable represents the current subtle existence of Taiwan. Yu chooses a trapped Formosan Landlocked Salmon, a unique but critically endangered fish species that only appears in Taiwan, as the main symbolic element on the cover to imply Taiwan’s current dilemma of being isolated from the global society. The two giant hands illustrate the situation that Taiwan is “controlled” and “manipulated” by some bigger and stronger foreign powers: the red rope symbolises supports and helps in the far, and the red scissors symbolise immediate dangers and threats near the island.
SHARON Y. YU | Design & Art 