Mi Lin is a London-based cross-disciplinary artist and PhD researcher at the Royal College of Art. Her practice centres on Miao embroidery, an Indigenous textile-based form of intangible cultural heritage from southwest China, in the context of the postdigital era. Motifs – flowers, animals, cosmological symbols – narrated ancestry, beliefs and daily life. Lin’s interactive installation, Hand in Thought—Unravelling the Intangible, responds to the limitations of conventional museum displays that reduce this cultural form to static objects. The piece combines motion-tracked projection, gesture-responsive generative algorithms and ambient audio to bring textiles to life. At its core, the piece honours the artisans, predominantly women, whose knowledge sustains this heritage whilst inviting audiences to participate in its ongoing renewal.