mud dou bud
{乜都得, Anything can grow}
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thoughts through hands.
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thoughts through hands.
Nondormant dreaming
Installation by S.Yiyao Chao and Koel Chu
29/09 – 6/11/24
Group exhibition curated by Helena Halim at Hart Hause Hong Kong
S. Yi Yao Chao + Koel Chu presents Nondormant Dreaming (2024), an installation that
simulates the resting place for an archivist who is sorting through their family photographs
and documents, attempting to salvage what is left before they disintegrate. On the floor is a ceramic pillow-like-pebble on a tatami mat. While resting one’s head, the whispers of dreams
can be heard. Dreams carry traces of our memories, and dream curios are found in the
suitcase by the mat. “On the window, a crochet hanging rope dangles like a watermelon vine.
Spare buttons germinate around a portrait of the archivist’s grandma, taken from a travel
document she had when she visited Hong Kong from Macau. Outside the patio is unfired
clay—just humid enough for moss but not dreams to spread,” write the artists. The apartment
is damp, and the archivist takes a nap.
Audio guide links: english || cantonese
writing as method
28.11.24 -01.12.25a group show in Hart House, Hong Kong.
Photo credit by South Ho
Writing as Method Artist Collective Members:
Aaron Lam Kwok Yam, Brian Chu, Hou Lam Tsui, Jiaming Liao, Melody Qingmei Li, S. Yi Yao Chao, Sin Wong, Tsz Wai Pun, Yan Yi Cheung, Yasmine Anlan Huang
More collaboration in instagram: writing as method 書寫作為方法(@writing_as_method)
S. Yi Yao Chao, hairline crack 髮絲裂紋
Eggshells, kintsugi, embroidery, scanner, drawings on paper
Dimensions variable
Note of response: Brian Chu’s 2nd round response to Yasmine, a translated screenshot of fortune telling in Chiang Mai Thailand and Jiaming Liao’s, 家明_親愛的離昂1 notes from 2nd round.
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Photo credit by South Ho
Eggshells, kintsugi, embroidery, scanner, drawings on paper
Dimensions variable
Note of response: Brian Chu’s 2nd round response to Yasmine, a translated screenshot of fortune telling in Chiang Mai Thailand and Jiaming Liao’s, 家明_親愛的離昂1 notes from 2nd round.
Photo credit by South Ho
Writing as Method
The collective exhibition presents a series of artworks in response to each other, revealing ten artists’ chaotic yet intertwined experimental processes. By juxtaposing archives of notes and drafts with newly developed artworks, the exhibition attempts to evoke the infinite possibilities of writing as a method, loosen the imagination of artworks from scratch, share experimental collaborative practices with the public, and stimulate more moments of communication and resonance.
about story
10.04-13/22a group show in Useless studio, pairing ceramics with text.
Icarus to the Flame
Piece is paired with poem by Debby Hou Lam Tsui.
plate rim, bees wax on silk, shattered solar powered lamp
2022
一個修坯修壞了的盤子，中間留下空心圓形。一首飛蛾的頌歌，記錄一隻飛蛾曾在某夜飛進房間。
Hou Lam Tsui was trimming a plate too thin and left the rim, which looked like an ode to a moth that flew to Sam Chao’'s living room one night.
2022
一個修坯修壞了的盤子，中間留下空心圓形。一首飛蛾的頌歌，記錄一隻飛蛾曾在某夜飛進房間。
Hou Lam Tsui was trimming a plate too thin and left the rim, which looked like an ode to a moth that flew to Sam Chao’'s living room one night.
Witches Own Without (W.O.W.)
9/9/22 -
6/11/22
Curated by Wong Kit Yi, Eunice Tsang and Lok Wong
a group show exhibited at Current Plans. Pieces below activates invasive plants living in hong kong. a manuel lullaby for the bayan ariel roots, hair alge in gold fish market and passion fruit in charlie’s rooftop garden. The pieces were placed in the dark and breezy spots of the gallery. beading bloom
Spin slowly
A wind chime
After bloom is fruit
A wind chime
After bloom is fruit
Ceramic beads, beads, bamboo rod, twigs, wire, twine, passionfruit vine cuttings from Charlie Lee’s rooftop garden
old tank syndrome {night lamp}
Hair algae, moss, water, turmeric dye crochet on worker’s glove, seashell beads, glass jug, mirror with led light
Sway gently, a bayan’s breeze
Worker’s glove, beads, dried house plants, silk embroidery
2022
Glove is wearable and once worn particpants can create a beading breeze, or a shadow of the bayan’s ariel roots.
Photo taken by current plans (right) , chris lim (left)
Passion fruit footbath for fatigued hands
A footbath program was hosted in the afternoon of 0ct 23. Walk ins footbathers, chatters and many aromatics footbath brew was paired with the passionfruit leaves, that medically have sedative qualities for nervous and insomnia.
Graphics by Current Plans, footbath selfie by holly. All passionfruit leaves are gleaned in Charlie Lee’s rooftop garden. Special thanks to Charlie and Kiki for watering and service in the program. Lok for the logistical, program support and footbath buckets. Eunice and Ali for hosting and promoting. All the well prepared and relaxed footbathers.