Mask (II) | 罩 (II), 2021
porcelain (slip-cast and burn-out), water, black water bath
Site-specific installation (reference water bath size: 380cm X 100cm X 3cm)
Installation view, Object Matter Mind Solo Exhibition, China, 2021
photo credit YU Zhen and Grand Citrus
Mask (II) | 罩 (II), 2021, was first exhibited in 物、事、心 | Object Matter Mind (solo exhibition, Jun 2021, Shenyang, China). Children thought the display were paper boats. Older viewers identified with the state of floating-and-sinking. There was also anger and questioning of the intent of the work.
At a time and place when dialogue about the pandemic was - and still is - monitored and controlled, the work was a conduit for things unable to be expressed.
眼、 手 、心 ｜ Touch Sight Mind were 16 workshops conducted concurrent to the exhibition. Participants shared stories of objects that were of significance to them. Through experimentation with basic ceramics techniques, exploration in figurative and abstract representations, workshop participants de-construct and re-construct memories through clay. Participants finished the workshop by participating in the installation of Masks (II), 2021.
Compendium video, Object Matter Mind Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
July 2021, Shenyang China
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