壽司草邊的天堂 & 青蛾飯 Sushi Grass in Paradise & Greener Rice on the Other Side

「按理說，天堂只能在遠方的彼岸，不能在家。實際上，對於想家的人來說，家便變成了天堂。家的風景，家的閒話家常，家的剛煮好的新鮮米飯的香氣……本來垂手可得的種種，都變成了最好的東西。」
—— 策展人 翁子健

「壽司草邊的天堂 & 青蛾飯」為香港藝術家黃楚喬和李卓媛的雙人展，抒寫對「離家」和「回家」的微妙感受。兩位藝術家均以攝影為主要創作媒介。作為香港觀念攝影的先驅，黃楚喬將展出她的重要系列作《何年集》的三件作品。《何年集》始於1990年代，內容隨黃氏個人生活的經驗和社會環境形塑而成，反映她對東西文化、身份、歷史的思考。而是次展出的其中一件新作《一九九六年十月的一個下午》，則重拾並處理其過去拍攝的素材，以一位穿越傳統與主流的新女性為主體，追憶已逝的年代，亦為《何年集》劃上一個完整的句號。其新作還有一部於2019至2020年間寫成的小說《壽司草邊的天堂》，透過憶述於異地生活中的點滴，包括過去、現在、未來的種種，交織出宛如天堂的人間；李卓媛為WMA大師攝影獎2018/19得主，常以記憶、消失和情感為創作的主題。新作《青蛾飯》將以一種悲喜交集的方法，藉發霉的米飯，混和人事、氣候、味道、回憶，寄語她這一代人身處異地，猶如身是客的況味與思念。

“People usually understand paradise as a faraway place that lies beyond home. In reality, however, for those who miss home, home is paradise. The landscapes of home, the chit chat at home, the smell of the freshly cooked rice… Whatever that had been readily available has become the most precious.”
—— Anthony Yung, Curator

"Sushi Grass in Paradise & Greener Rice on the Other Side" is a duo exhibition by Hong Kong artists Holly Lee and Sharon Cheuk Wun Lee, evoking the uncanny experience of leaving and returning home. Both artists primarily use photography as their creative medium. As a pioneer of conceptual photography in Hong Kong, Holly Lee will exhibit three works from her seminal series The Hollian Thesaurus. Lee initiated this series in the 1990s, with the content shaped by her personal life experiences and the social environment, reflecting her contemplation of Eastern and Western culture, identity, and history. The new work An Afternoon in October 1996 centers around a new woman who traverses tradition and the mainstream. Lee revisited and reprocessed her preserved materials; the outcome serves as a nostalgic reflection on the bygone eras, and as a finale to the series. Her other new work is the novel Sushi Grass in Paradise, written between 2019 and 2020. It weaves together the mundane incidents and events in a foreign place, including what is in the past, the present, and the future, creating a paradise-like earthly existence. Sharon Cheuk Wun Lee is the winner of the WMA Masters Award 2018/19 and her works often explore topics like memory, disappearance, and emotion. Her new work Greener Rice on the Other Side encapsulates conflicted feelings, blending human affairs, climate, flavor, and memories with the moldy rice, conveying a sense of being a stranger in a foreign land and the associated longing.

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