Exhibition Title: 怪我 Freak me Out

Presented by: SAVED MESSAGES @saved_msgs

Venue: WURE AREA @wurearea

featured artwork by Harry, Pang Ka Wai @pang.k.w

visited on Aug 7, 2022

(Text is posted on Instagram @charlie.yip)

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As I walked into the space, I glimpsed at the right side, a corner, with an analogue TV, squared photographs, a black object and a photo. Despite the light emitted from the window and the TV, one could merely see the work with the warm light reflected from the surroundings. · The flowers placed on the floor in the corner by the window caught my attention. I squatted and took a close look at the flowers. A small sticker of an eye blinked by black tape with unreadable text is found on the wall. · The spotlight created a silhouette of the artificial flowers of an unknown species and one flower in black was almost assimilated into its shadow, almost. The black is darker than the white wall, the pink flowers and its shadow. · I stood up, and my body followed as my glaze moved. I saw a small piece of black tape on a transparent acrylic frame by the window. The window, the 10 photographs of the artist by window, the photograph and the black broken skull below, and the TV playing the same event, came into my eyes subsequently. An event was started. · Darkness is unfavourable to my eyes but the depth of the darkness dragged me into it. I was in favour of this unfavourable one that has always been unfavourable to many. · This exhibition required one to read traditional Chinese and a few English texts throughout the visit. These young artists are meant to be understood and misunderstood by visitors. The thumbnail-sized stickers appeared as the motif of this exhibition like graffiti, which one can find on some universities’ campuses or schools, at hidden corners, pipes, door handles, toilets, ceilings or any unexpected places. I didn't notice the English title and interpreted the meaning of the Chinese title as "blame on me" or " weird me". The space was not freaking but calm, peaceful and playful.

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