2024
‘Double Happiness’（囍): a Chinese character comprised of two single happiness’ (喜) aligned side by side; symbolising the joining of two individuals; commonly used in wedding paraphernalia as a blessing for a couple’s happily ever after
This collection brings together 7 Chinese artists – contemporary women investigating their place within a contemporary world; meditating on fleeting binds to engrained conventions and traditions; and reflecting on ‘囍’ beyond its ties to happiness and marital blessings. Through a queer and diasporic lens, ‘Double Happiness’ explores and challenges the notions of individuality within union, gender roles and societal expectations within kindred and romantic relationships.
‘Double Happiness’ presents a multidimensional take on cultural sensibilities; the traditions that bind us, the underlying webs of traditional ties, commanding us in how we feel, how we think – or more so, how we think we should feel and feel we should think; and our contemporary divergences.
A group show with Kudos Offsite
Artworks
(the moon represents) My heart - it's Amore
2024
Ceramics, cord, found objects & audio
Dimensions variable (installation)
a dinner date dreamscape of a grown up naïve little girl who only knows of romance as it relates to disney cliches, 8bit relations, and her grandfather’s Teresa Teng CDs
Named after Teresa Teng's "The moon represents my heart" and the iconic "Lady and the Tramp" scene's serenade's internet counterpart: Dean Martin's "That's Amore", the installation represents a naive understanding of romance and love as understood through a diasporic lens. Presented through Peranakan-esque tiles - a symbol of Eastern and Western amalgamations turned into a new identity, this works takes imagery from Chinese and Indonesian symbols of sexuality and longevity; icons of the Asian woman - dragon ladies and lotus blossoms; and references to the early 2000s digital age - durian minesweepers and learning love languages through tamagotchis.
Photos by Penny Zhang
A platonic, strings attached, typa thing
2024
Ceramics & cord
40 x 180cm
a subconscious longing - against all better judgement - for longevity; strings attached, all wrapped, tangled and knotted
Photo by Penny Zhang
Supporting and Marketing Graphics
Photos by Levent Can Kaya
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