“Waiting For The Polar Express” Hui Sze Lok Serene Solo Exhibition
Visual Arts
Description
Description
Like a combination of fragmented tableaus, “Waiting for the Polar Express” features a collection of experimental works by Hong Kong young artist HUI Sze-lok Serene, examining the mentality between residing in distant places. In the exhibition, precisely thought-out conceptual and minimalistic works are arranged with the intention to create a spatial absurdity and delusion.
In this particular setting, the analogue of a window is extensively used, where a window frame conveys a strong representation of a ‘room’, exemplifying the idea of two separated spaces. She utilized numerous mirrors and images that represent the past encounters during her life in the Nordic countries. The conflict between a reflection of the reality and images captured from a distant world creates a virtual space within the room, and the distortion represents a state of unconsciousness and recurring mode of being distracted by memories from the present.
The entire atmosphere encourages one to blind the present and be drawn into a world of another experience of being ‘elsewhere’, either memory or imagination.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2016" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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