The Memories of Tomorrow: A Solo Exhibition by Lau Wai
Visual Arts
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Lumenvisum is proud to present Lau Wai’s solo exhibition “The Memories of Tomorrow”, which showcases Lau’s latest on-going project. Starting from the description of “Orient” and Hong Kong, the artist considers how these representations play a role in the “identity formation” process of the depicted cities, regions and ethnic groups.
The artist is currently focusing on the “Orient” portrayed in the Hollywood movie from the 1950s to the present, especially the representation of Hong Kong. From the ” The World of Susie Wong” in 1960 to the influence of cyberpunk and animation culture in the 1980s, the film described the “Orient” along with a futuristic impression. At that time, the film creators, as foreigners, portrayed Hong Kong with real-life videography and their own imagination. Whether it’s creating exotic “oriental others” to adopting the conventional East Asian cultural representations,in the process of the gradual establishment of these expressions, there is often a mutual influence and condolence relationship in all aspects. Perhaps it is the relationship between seeing and being seen, perhaps the intertwining between the other person’s imagination and personal experience and how to gradually consolidate these impressions. These concepts and imagination play an important role in the “identity formation” process of Hong Kong and its ethnic groups, and even affect how local individual or group think and act.
In this exhibition, Lau uses materials from travel postcards, historical photographs and Hollywood movie stills combining with computer graphics to complete a series of uncanny multi-media works, including light-box, still pictures, and videos. The artist creates a series of unusual scenes through her work and asks questions about the process of creation and establishment of these expressions in an absurd form. Like the combination of reality and illusion, to explore the contstruction of cultural representations and how they have been reinforced through various aspects. The artist hopes that the audience can explore the relationship between images, culture, and identity through the exhibition; reflect on the influence of Hollywood’s popular culture in the world, and how does it continuously convey the expressions of different regions, races, ethnicities, and genders to the global audience.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2018" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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