Hannah Ho: The Cloud That Was Grounded

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Yrellag Gallery is honored to present The Cloud That Was Grounded”, a solo exhibition by Hannah Ho. “Escape and Confine” is a rhetorical expression that combines two contradictory ideas like an oxymoron.This is an observation since last year – a desire to be both present and absent. The objects are codependent and at the same time self-limiting. It is in this struggle that the work expresses its power and strength. The removable and temporary features such as screws, straps, aluminium tubes, and wooden strips, implies the relationship of both locking and releasing at any time. Seeking each other through the gaps, attempting to find stability in the obscurity.

Inspired by Parasitic Architecture, Hannah collects the architectural samples from her workplace that have been selected or discarded in the design projects and adopt the patterns and textures through plaster casting or direct imprint on the samples. New parasite structures are formed by misplacing and embedding different geometric columns, beams and pipes. Redefinition is created from recontextualizing the objects and the surroundings.

Those are the urban forms shaped in the memories.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Hannah Ho ka kei obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (co-presented with Hong Kong Art School) in 2023. Hannah’s ceramics often juxtapose found objects, particularly architectural material samples she has collected from the design projects at her workplace. Her work evokes structures that form a cityscape.

Through her personal experience and interaction with the city, Hannah infuses her ceramics with a sense of authenticity and emotional connection. Her artworks become a visual narrative of her relationship with the places she depicts, allowing viewers to glimpse at the interplay between her memories, impressions and the very own coordinates that she generates.