At the heart of the exhibition is a situational comedy documentary that reenacts the Yu family’s collective experience with haemorrhoids and their journey towards healing. Filmed in Hong Kong using a playback theatre approach, the film reconstructs family conversations and medical encounters through improvisation, humour and dramatised retellings. It offers an intimate yet absurd reflection on how health conditions shape family dynamics and how bodily experiences are inherited not just genetically, but also culturally and emotionally.

The Piles We Carry transforms personal medical history into a communal act of reimagining and retelling. It is an exhibition about the things we inherit: the stories we tell, the bodies we live in, and the quiet whispers inside us that shape how we navigate pain, identity and healing.