Rearrange, Reconstruct, Reform

EVENT DESCRIPTION

We create order and chaos in nature.

Pruning plants can be seen as an act of dominance or kindness by humans towards nature, or as an act of destruction. Human beings’ desire to control the ‘Nature’ is based on our perception of ‘Beauty’, but do we truly understand ‘Plants’ and do we care the will of the nature?

Alleging ourselves the ‘Gardeners’, assuming ourselves the masters of the laws of nature, human beings neglect the autonomy of nature, denying its ability to repair and reproduce. Nature’s growth has been distorted and its image has been manipulated to fit in human aesthetics. Such manipulation can be interpreted as for the good of the nature, but meanwhile taking advantage of its beauty to restructure and suit one’s own aesthetics. Picking the flowers, squeezing out all the finest, and extracting all the essence, the defloration is selfish and greedy.

Yrellag Gallery present “Rearrange, Reconstruct, Reform”, a solo exhibition by Yau Wing Leung Thomas. Dismantling and demolition are taken as a starting point, to redress the nature-to-human relationship and human-to-human relationship.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Yau Wing Leung Thomas, graduated in Creative Media from the City University of Hong Kong in 2021, and currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Yau explores the possibility of cyanotype from documenting to visual communication through individual experience and nature. Yau’s art practice focuses on photography, installation and art direction, and experience in the production of performing arts.

Yau’s recent artwork was shortlisted in the "Colors of Humanity Art Award 2023" exhibited at the Goethe- Gallery. Previous photography work received the “Asia One Photographic Award 2022”; the “Art and Science Award 2021”, and the “Fountain Prize 2021” from the School of Creative Media Annual Show 2021. Yau is the Creative Coordinator at the Performing Arts(Theatre) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, and recently participated in “TechBox 2024: LEVEL 66 – The Arcade Project”, “TechBox 2023: The Travellers and The Listeners”, “Future of Performance: Bright Day”.