Romantic Recall

Movana Chen has received more than 180 love letters over her lifetime, and is now making artworks with them. The artist speaks to Tatler about the sentimental value of letter-writing

By Aaina Bhargava

We’ve all had that feeling when anxiety and excitement combine to form a desperate hope that prevails when common sense fails—waiting for a reply to a proclamation of love. If your preferred medium of communication is text, then those two blue ticks denoting a read message, met without reply, are all it takes to trigger nervousness, both the good and bad kind. But if you’re an old soul and prefer letter-writing, that feeling is only amplified, as you’ll never truly know when or if at all the intended recipient read your message. That is, until you receive a reply. A true romantic, Hong Kong artist Movana Chen loves that state—the anticipation of receiving a response of requited love and mutual affection. When asked about how she feels about receiving love…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024

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