disCONNECT HK
希慎廣場 Urban Sky, 11/10 -29/ 11/2020, 網上展覽由 10 月 24 日起。
Rocking in Mini Zen Garden, 2020
Rock from Quarantined Camp, Thread, Luminous Paint, UV lights, Toilet Paper, Sound, Fan, Shower Head, Infrared Thermometer, Rocking Chair, Aquarium Tank, Stethoscope Tubing, Laboratory Bottle, Domestic Fabrics, Plants
Dimensions variable
Copyright The Artist
This is the sound clip of Disconnect show.
Rocking in Mini Zen Garden is a mixed-media installation work that reimagines a paradise for human kind to rest their mind during the pandemic. Joking about the reality, Lam wants to reimagine the toilet as the safest place for people who want to spend holiday there by setting up a mini Zen garden as an ideal location for cleansing the human body and soul. The beautiful domestic embroidery setup offers people a sensation of living in a palace.
This installation twists around the idea of a pandemic hideaway and people living with the uncertainty during COVID-19. It looks like an illogical joke, with a minimal and overwhelming pattern within the same place. Although no one can guarantee this joke won't become true one day, as interestingly enough what we have suffered in the last half-year is already a joke- like reality.
Jaffa Lam
Jaffa Lam (b.1973) is a Hong Kong based artist and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Master of Fine Arts degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She works in the mediums of mixed-media sculptures and site-specific installations with mainly made with recycled materials like crate wood, old furniture and recycled fabric. Her works often explore issues relating to local culture, history, society and current affairs, some of the topics include art in public, the loss of craftsmanship in the city, and the regeneration of art making cycle. Her projects views and thoughts of ordinary people through her non-narrative and dialogical installations.
Lam has been involved in various public art and community projects in Hong Kong and overseas, including the Fukutake House Project of the Setouchi Triennale (2013) in Japan, Hong Kong Week (2015) in Taiwan, China 8 (2015) in Germany, Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition (2016) in China and Lyon Lumières (2018) in France. She received the Desiree and Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship (2006) from the Asian Cultural Council and the commendation award (2017) from the Secretary of Home Affairs for her contributions to the promotion of arts and culture.
She is currently Academic Head of Hong Kong Art School and Chairperson of Hong Kong Sculpture Association. She was the founder of former Hong Kong International Artist Workshop (2004–2010), guest host of a weekly art programme on Metro Radio (2014–2020) and column writer for Delta Magazine (2014–2020).
disconnect HK / Dialogue
Urban Sky, 9/F, Hysan Place 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 4-5:30pm , 24 Oct 2020
Jaffa talk start from 31:07, my creation of “Rocking in The mini Zen Garden”
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