Nadim Abbas, Zone
II, mixed media, 2014
is when art and
moral persuasion, installation and shop display are intertwined…
“Every time we take
out the trash, go to the toilet, sweep/vacuum/mop the floor, we participate in
the Sisyphean drama of modern hygiene and waste management: to purge out of
plain view any unsightly reminder of our excesses and inevitable degradation.
Nadim Addas has decided to request all construction waste and litter be
produced during the installation period be retained and exhibited in a grid of
fifty-six custom made clear plastic boxes. The function of these plastic boxes
mimics the kinds of household containers used to store away the clutter of
daily life; while the exterior typology mimics the Man Cheong Street housing
complex in Kowloon, one of the classic examples of hyper-dense housing
developments…”
excerpt from artist's statement
A work from group
exhibition in ‘Unseen Existence: Dialogues with the Environment in Contemporary
Art’
Hong Kong Arts Centre, 12 Dec, 2014 – 15 Jan, 2015
大朦朧
是當藝術與道德學說，裝置與櫥窗擺設正相互糾結…
唐納天《領域II》，混合媒體，2014
「每次我們清理垃圾、上廁所，清掃／以吸塵器打掃／抹地板，就參與了一場關於現代衛生與廢物管理的永無休止而徒勞的戲劇中：在當前混亂的情勢下，針對我們過度而不可避免的惡化環境作出的醜陋的提醒。參考了堆填區的設計，唐納天決定用在裝置期間產生的建築廢料和廢物，放置於預先訂製的五十六個透明塑膠盒中，組合成作品《領域II》。這些塑膠盒被製成模仿各種用於存儲日常雜物的容器。形式上，它們是參照九龍文昌街上住房的外型設計。九龍文昌街是其中一個超密集發展的早期經典例子。四個自動、由電腦程式控制的吸塵器會於不同的時間，在這些塑膠盒之間游走，並將持續在展覽期間在畫廊中去除灰塵和其他外來微粒…」
作品來源：‘Unseen Existence: Dialogues with the Environment
in Contemporary Art’ 聯展
香港藝術中心，二○一四年十二月十二日至一五年一月十五日
