China’s Changing Landscape-Contemporary Chinese Ink

China’s Changing Landscape-Contemporary Chinese Ink
9.2014 – 1.2015

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Work of Samson Young Liquid Borders (2012-2014)  was presented as part of the exhibition China’s Changing Landscape-Contemporary Chinese Inkat the Nordic Watercolor Museum in Sweden (Sep 2014 – Jan 2015) and the Amos Anderson Art Museum in Finland (Feb-May, 2015).

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Liquid Borders is an ongoing sound project. The artist collects sound among the physical barrier separating Hong Kong and the Mainland China such as vibration of iron-wired fencing and underwater sound of river . He then transforms it into visual elements combining music notations by ink and watercolor on paper. Sound installations are assembled with the drawings in presentation.

The exhibitions of the two Nordic art museums displayed a selection of Liquid Borders documenting sound at Tak Yuet Lau (得月樓警崗) at Lo Wo and Lok Ma Chau (落馬洲) at Yuen Long, which are located in the frontier closed area among the northern boundary of Hong Kong SAR.

Living Collection has included three sets of Liquid Borders works at the time being.

Journal of the Plague Year Fear. Ghosts, Rebels, SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong Story

Journal of the Plague Year Fear. Ghosts, Rebels, SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong Story
5.2013 – 5.2015

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The exhibition Journal of the Plague Year Fear. Ghosts, Rebels, SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong Story, curated by Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero.opened in Hong Kong from May-July, 2013, and toured to four international venues including The Cube Project Space in Taipei (June-August, 2014) , Arko Art Space in Seoul (August-November, 2014), Kadist San Francisco and The Lab (April-May, 2015) . Living Collection were pround to support the touring exhibition by loaning out Samson Young and Firenze Lai’s artworks.

Installation view in The Cube Project Space at Taipei:

Installation view at Arko Art Space in Seoul:

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(Middle)
Samson Young
Liquid Borders I (Tsim Bei Tsui & Sha Tau Kok)
2012
Sound installation, score (water color and ink on paper), 11’30” loop (Sound); 32 x 43 x cm (set of 3) (Score) 

Firenze Lai's paintings, including I Grow My Own Tree from Living Collection
(First from the right)
Firenze Lai
I Grow My Own Tree
2012
Acrylic on paper

Installation view in Kadist San Francisco and The Lab:

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(Left to the right, second painting set, first one)
Firenze Lai
Look at You
2012
Acrylic on paper