"Reclamation Exercise" set up 現場裝置

12-16/10/2010

"Reclamation Exercise" Eco Art exhibition set up.

《 回收作業》展覽準備。  

Artist Statement

Reclamation Exercise Eco Art

Introduction

Under the social pattern of “Production---Consumption”, Arts in Hong Kong tend to consider the end product of artistic creation (art piece) as the main objective in creative arts.  This creation habit will easily lead to production in excessive waste without conscious, creating rubbish and cause damage to the environment.  As regard the Eco Art, it is rarely-known and hardly mentioned in the public.  “Arts” seems to have become a shield for damaging the environment or producing waste.

In this “Reclamation Exercise” exhibition, the artists try to introduce “EcoArt”, to enable the viewers and the participants to reconsider the connection between human and natural environment, and trying to change the general conception that Arts creation incidentally lead to consumption of resources, so as to promote the diversity of local Arts.

Concepts

EcoArt by international definition must meet some specific creation criteria: the concept of creation should be based on self-examination of environmental and ecological balance, to minimize the damage and consumption, the creation process is documentary or open to public to ensure transparency, can continue to develop in nature and address the conservation issues.

Based on a desire to nature, the two artists – Seeman Ho and Yuen Hon Wai become the “recycle workers” in order, to gain experience in local recycling industry.  The materials used in artistic creation mainly come from recycling: 7000 thrown-away glass bottles(provided by Green Glass Green), waste material from large-scale stage theater, old newspapers, worn clothes etc., and then to decompose, recycle and reform them.  After this exhibition, some of the materials will continue with their “recycling” mission, keep on to be reused and continue to be developed.

“Reclaim” --- is the creation concept for the whole exhibition. In order trying to visualize the word “reclaim” and interact with the venue, the entrance and exit are in the same location under a circular zone so that the viewer must walk in a circle path, the Mandala-like circle simulates a delicate dimension between “macro/infinite big universe” and “micro/inner-side small universe”.

The small universe within the circle demonstrates several forms of human livings.  In the gigantic recycling system of the universe, a human being naturally interacts with each other.  We do not have an individual living form here, people can choose to share with others and bless with every moment.  “I take something from you and you take something back from me”, back and forth and could only be a continue process . A few hundred artists using their artistic works in the form of glass bottle, genuinely “respond to the exhibition”, reexamining those which have been thrown-away. 

Artists of Sound Arts collect those beautiful sound and give live performance to natural music, interact and improvise with the dancers which will run through the whole exhibition, allowing us to observe and hear various kind of sound and movements in our city.

 

導言

香港藝術在「生產－消費」的社會型態上﹐傾向把創作結果（藝術品），視為重要之創作目的。這種創作習慣，極容易不自覺的浪費，製造垃圾和破壞環境。至於生態藝術﹐更是鮮為人知﹐甚少被提及，「藝術」彷彿成為破壞生態或生產廢物的擋箭牌。 

在是次「回收作業」展覽，藝術家嘗試引進生態藝術（Eco Art），讓觀賞者及參與者重新思索人與自然的關係﹐並改變一般人認為藝術必須是消耗資源的觀念﹐藉此推動本地藝術的多樣性。

創作概念

生態藝術（Eco Art）在國際標準上必須符合特定創作原則﹕作品概念以反思環境及生態平衡出發，把破壞與浪費減至最低﹐紀錄式或開放創作過程作透明度﹐呈現可持續性及保育問題。

基於一份對自然的理想﹐兩位藝術家﹐二犬十一咪及阮漢威﹐變身為「回收員」﹐經驗本地回收情況﹐作品採用的創作物料﹐主要是回收而來﹕7000個棄置玻璃瓶(由「玻璃再生璀璨」計劃提供)﹑大型劇場廢料﹑舊報紙﹑舊衣物等﹐再將之分解﹑再造﹑重現。展覽後﹐部份物料將繼續履行其「回收」使命﹐循環再造﹐可持續發展下去。　

「回」——是整個展覽的創作概念。試圖以「回」字與空間互動﹐圓形的裝置，出入口置於同一位置﹐觀者必須繞圈而行﹐恍如曼陀羅(Mandala)以圓形象徵一種「無限的大宇宙」和「內在的小宇宙」相即的微妙空間。

圓形內的小宇宙，展露人類生存的幾種狀態。在宇宙巨大回收系統中﹐人與人﹑自與他互相牽連。這兒沒有獨立生存的個體，人可以選擇跟他者分享﹐每刻祝福。「你吃我﹐我吃你」﹐來來回回，只會相續不斷。幾百個廢藝術品創作者，以製作玻璃瓶作品，去誠實「回」應展覽﹐把被遺棄的一一檢視。聲音藝術家把美好的聲音收集﹐現場演繹自然音樂﹐與舞者互動即興﹐貫穿展覽現場﹐讓我們眼觀﹑耳聽城市中的各種聲音與動作。