Impressions: What Lies Beneath Paris & Hong Kong

EVENT DESCRIPTION

This exhibition of impressions from two great world cities examines what is often overlooked in busy lives: what lies beneath our feet. Artist Elizabeth Briel has impressed the characteristic hexagonal and octagonal tiles of Hong Kong and Paris into copper and paper to create urban prints directly from the city itself. This act is an interaction with architecture that will soon be destroyed and remade as part of urban renewal. Accompanying the prints are videos of the two cities’ architecture and their interplay with raw materials, a meditation on what we often neglect as foundations of our lives today.

Part of the French May Arts Festival 2024

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Elizabeth Briel's prints, sculptures, and installations begin with materials imbued with meaning—papers devastated by a typhoon or made of military uniforms, paints of bone and lead—and frequently incorporate architectural elements. She received a BFA in Painting from the University of Minnesota, and has exhibited on four continents. Briel has lived, worked, and travelled in Hong Kong since 2006, where she runs EBriel Studio in the Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC).