EVENT DESCRIPTION
Oi! OnSite invites artists to conduct research at Oi! through residency and create site-specific artworks, infusing this Grade II historic building with fresh imagination and interpretation. We are excited to welcome artist Chan Sai-lok to present the urban landscape surrounding Oi! through the lens of modern literati painting and offer his observations and thoughts at Oi! Warehouse.
Titled The Stillness Between, this exhibition captures the quiet ambience of the district at dawn. Through Chinese aesthetic perspective and composition, ink art techniques and video, Chan invites the visitors to engage with the everyday scenery in a new way. His poetic interpretation of the Oi! Warehouse evokes the rhythms of the city from dawn to dusk, infusing contemporary relevance into this historically rich space.
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Chan Sai-lok is a Hong Kong-based artist, curator and writer whose practice spans across creative production, curating, art criticism and education. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, followed by a Master of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Gender Studies. Chan’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in the act of writing and reading, which he sees as essential tools for reflection, self-discovery and understanding the world. He explores the relationship between Chinese characters and contemporary painting, pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional visual art to uncover the literary essence embedded within. Chan’s work is characterised by a constant exploration of forms and materials. In 2018, he began his
Red Series, a powerful exploration of cultural identity. This was followed by a shift towards a
Purple Perspective, which delves into the aesthetic boundaries within art. He revels in the ambiguous state of countless undefinable realities, finding comfort in the space between here and there and state of being this and that, embracing forms of expression that transcend words.
