UNDER CONSTRUCTION - at Very Hong Kong 2013
If
Under Construction reintroduces the trolley, which has already
appeared in art
since the 60s, and which we know for its
qualities of‘carrier, it is to address today’s
consumer
society.
As a
central element of the work, the trolley here not only tries to
carry the weight
of society, crowded and overly consumerist, but
also a bundle of bamboo ...
A
symbol of wisdom and strength in Chinese culture, bamboo is
pushed in a trolley
through the busiest and most consumerist areas
of Hong Kong, asking us to reflect
on the values constantly in
change in ‘modern’ society.
Full
of contradictions and contrasts, our society is day by day affected
by our way of
living; it adjusts, it modifies, it constructs,
continually seeking balance, one way
or another.
Upon
what point can a stable balance be established, if not upon
a more human
relationship with our nature and environment?
Recalling wisdom and strength, so
asks bamboo..
Under
Construction is not a denunciation, it is an allegory of hope.
