Exhibition
Terminal III 三號大樓
Chan Wing Lam Lydia 陳詠藍
1 February 2023 — 17 February 2023
Mooroom, HK
De Lounge is pleased to present the first solo exhibition "Terminal III (三號大樓)" by artist Chan Wing Lam Lydia, curated by Kaio Wu Hiu Nam. The exhibition will run from 1 February 2023 to 17 February 2023.
Why and how to leave the city seems to be an inescapable question for us today. What is the object or the essential that you must take with you when you leave? Artist Chan Wing Lam Lydia is in the imagination of "Terminal III 三號客運大樓", a place full of silhouettes of the city and reminiscences. Chan uses the 'cold' material of shards to sketch the decision to leave. Puzzling and matching different fragments, he packs the piece of leaving with the reluctance of life, as if it's the last night of packing.
Chan has sketched our city from a micro perspective. She "carves" the "miscellaneous" objects she sees in everyday life, turning them into micro-scale metalwork, reshaping and rethinking the relationship between the city and the artist herself. The story revolves around an empty suitcase that collects precious moments in life. When the suitcase is full, it's time to say 'Chaos(bye-bye)', take off and settle in a new place, 'Terminal III', taking all the memories with her.
Chan projected her thoughts onto herself as well as the city to fill in its unique colour and time. Chan realised that the experiences of the two places and environments are not necessarily identical. But she still hopes to awaken and fill in the blanks of the city's precious memories, and to write about the trivial notes as a gift to everyone on their way to Terminal III.