THE EXHIBITION
PROPOSAL
THE
CONTEMPLATION
IN
BUSTLING CITY
01.08-30.08.2020
SMC Gallery,City University of Hong Kong
PROPOSED BY
ZHANG YUQIAN
ABOUT THE
PROJECT
Curatorial brief & objective:Cheuk Wing
Nam
， Man Mei To and Lo Lai Lai are local
contemporary artists sharing a lot of
common memories of Hong Kong.brings
together the
Hong Kong local group of
Curatorial statement: Contemplation means
artists to explore and extend the dialogue
to consider, to plan, to think carefully about
around site and place. The exhibited works
doing
the
display powerful connections between art
three artists employ a variety of strategies
and the natural environment, architectural
that encourage us to rethink our relationships
space, urban contexts.These artists explore
to place, the earth beneath us, and the
their
societies we inhabit. For instance, the sound
contemplation, in a way that is organic in
art of Listening the breath of mud in the city--
both process and form. Through their work
Man Mei-to’s art piece involved soil and
they seek to invite reflection, dialogue and
sound. She made a dozen of bowls out of soil
experimentation with the interface that
from the north-east of New Territories, and
lies between environment and personal
then invited each participant to hold a bowl,
space.
that has not been processed in a kiln, with
is hosted in a number of different settings,
water inside, until the mud bowl disolves.
the materials and mediums used reflect the
While holding a mud bowl, each participant
uniqueness of each exposition.
something.In
this
exhibition,
personal
interpretation
to
Furthermore, since the exhibition
also was invited to put on headphones to
listen carefully to the mixture of soil’s
disolving sound and the city’s noise.
ALWAYS
WITH