| Title : | Boats & Bridges - exhibition by Sharon Chin |
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| Date & Time : | 5 - 27 Aug 2005 (Wed - Sat: 11am - 5pm; Other times by appointment only) |
| Tickets : | Free Admission |
| URL : | http://www.reka-art.com |
| Synopsis : | The words 'balik kampung' generally conjures up visions of home-cooked food, pampering, and a nice hazy crazy feeling of days gone by. But for some the journey home can also carry with it a certain amount of apprehension. Changed destinies, growth, maturity, differences and new realisations set the tone for a complex re-negotiation with the ties that bind us to our histories.
Sharon Chin's exhibition features drawings and also two installations, one titled Bridges and the other, Boats. They are a representation of Chin’s feelings upon returning to Kuala Lumpur from Melbourne in 2004, where she majored in sculpture at the Victorian College of Art. Bridges is made out of barricade tape wrapped around an immobile pillar in the gallery on one side connecting to plaster sculptures laid on the floor on the other. This piece corresponds to the physical sensation of heaviness Chin encountered upon her return, having to renew her reponsibilities towards family, society and nation. Boats centers around the theme of impermanence. The installation is a giant crossword-puzzle drawn on the gallery floor using plaster as chalk. Chin encourages audiences to 'navigate' the puzzle, searching out words and meanings for themselves as they walk on the puzzle. Over time, the words are rubbed out from the walking, suggesting the transient nature of words and meanings. Says Chin, "Language is a beautifully intangible thing... In this work, I wanted to make language visible, let it inhabit volume and space. To think more about the words that surround and define us—names of places, patriotic slogans, propaganda." |
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