(Original)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Where does “Original” come from? Is it exclusive or destined? Is it a tool or a record? If you can find it through your senses, it will be your company for continuing the art journey.

This project aimed to invite art graduates from different institutions, under the premise of showing their non-graduation-work through an open call and encouraging them to share their distinct realisation of “original”. It can gather as a temporary archive that invites the audience to randomly share the interpretation, analysis and discussion of different “Original”.

37 artworks with different mediums joined together in WURE AREA are all from different standpoints of local emerging artists, whose works witnessed the trace of struggles. The works’ concepts may focus on personal propositions, simple tests on materials, freeflow creation or just showing different perspectives of interaction with mediums. These created diversity in the temporary archive of “Original”. According to the coherent viewpoints of works, they are grouped into different themes: capturing amusing thoughts, creating the moment with company, reviewing the self-letter, managing the time for farewell, recording feelings, wandering to find a home, existing in a default system, being inspired from difficulties, persisting to communicate, ignoring invalid call and collecting reactions. 

These (original) are impermanent and shift by time, hard to preserve. Archive of it, an eternal memory that can be elongated, is not specific to time and space. Every artist’s experience through their growth can bring them to different focus points, styles and other artistic stances. After the graduation show, artists look back and reflect on their decisions, creative needs and reasons of art practice.New flavours of “Original” are being discovered continually. Like blue cheese, not all people are fond of its strong flavour while lovers can’t resist. This time, all flavours are mixed together and united as a feast in a macroscopic view.

Exhibition duration:
19/8/2022 – 18/9/2022
Friday to Monday (1pm – 6pm)