IV Chan
[The Good, The Bed and The Snuggly]
[Escapist 1,2,3]
2023︎
Engulfing the broken baby bed and antenna, the soft forms might strive to represent figures or bodies, but rather, I wish they could evoke forces and energies that would suggest some kind of entanglement. The assemblage setup was also intended to create a sense of instability to the viewers. As only in a state of disequilibrium, we might be able to experience the threat of life; in other words, the upsurging of life could therefore be realised when death appears so close. I find it fascinating to situate the idea of sex (an adult event) on a broken baby bed. “The Good, the Bed and the Snuggly” is an attempt to combine the desiring of little death and the rebirth , resulting in a state of collision and rupture that invites subconscious fantasies and repressed childhood memories to seep through.
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“ The Good, the Bed and the Snuggly ”
used baby crib, abandoned antenna, fabric, cotton stuffing, rattle insert, thread, text-sticker
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“ Escapist 1 ”
fabric, cotton stuffing, rattle insert, thread, metal hook
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“ Escapist 2 ”
fabric, cotton stuffing, rattle insert, thread
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“ Escapist 3 ”
fabric, cotton stuffing, rattle insert, thread
(above works previously shown at Novalis Art Design Gallery, HK curated by Charmaine Tam)