Food Matters | leehowing

作品以物質表象的相似性，作為編寫薯仔故事的素材。太空領域的「妊神星」，(136108) 2003 EL61，形似薯仔而被描述為薯仔矮行星，而矮行星、薯仔、生育之神哈烏美亞、糧食等就此碰面，展示一個如星際的物件網絡。

The work begins with the resemblance of the material representations as the elements for the narration of potato. Haumea, (136108) 2003 EL61, was also named as dwarf potato planet due to its physical appearance. The constellations of object network are presented by the encounters of dwarf planet, potato, the Goddess of Childbirth (Haumea), and food.

Something that absorbs light, rotates and makes me sneezes

Gelatin silver print

20cm x 20cm each (a set of 8)

2018

一些吸光、旋轉和令我打噴嚏的東西

銀鹽相紙

20cm x 20cm (一組八件)

2018

Something Glowing

Potatoes, LED light bulb, acrylics on acrylic board, charcoal on tracing papers, pencil on drawing papers, alligator clips, galvanized nails, copper plates, basket, clips and magnets

Dimension variable

2018

一些發光的東西

薯仔、LED燈、塑膠彩、亞克力膠片、炭筆描圖紙本、鉛筆紙本、測試線、鍍鋅螺絲、銅片、籃子、文件夾和磁石

尺寸不定

2018

Something Growing

Pencil, colour pencil, charcoal, watercolour, tracing paper, acrylic boards and screws on paper

30cm x 42cm

2018

一些生長的東西

鉛筆、木顏色筆、炭筆、水彩、描圖紙、亞克力膠片和螺絲

30cm x 42cm

2018

Curatorial Statement:

Food Matters

We all have a strong connection with food. We are dependent on it for basic survival, it can fill us with joy and a sense of bliss when we eat ‘comfort’ or ‘favourite’ foods. The food industry is also a multi-billion dollar industry. As the topic of food is becoming increasingly complex — on an individual level, yet also on a much larger socio-political and economic scale, the eight artists who are participating in this exhibition pose questions about ‘Food Matters’ today – with themes ranging from food safety to capitalism, mythology, and hegemonism.

Complex and uniquely personal, this exhibition is literally a feast for the senses, with its diverse viewpoints and interpretations of a shared common need that connects all human beings.

策展論述：

在乎吃喝

我們每個人跟食物有着密不可分的聯繫。食物除提供我們生存所需，有時候還帶給我們愉悅，俗語有云：「吃一頓好的。」時至今日，食品工業動輒是數百億元的產業，在個人層面抑或在社會、政治和經濟模式上，食物衍生出來的議題越來越複雜。此次展覽的八位藝術家圍繞展覽主題，創作出有關食品安全、寓言故事、資本主義影響下，主旋律的種種面向。

這個展覽「五味紛陳」，讓味蕾把所有人聯繫在一起。