Exhibition Introduction

People describe things that are out of harmony with normal as ‘weird’, which makes weird and normal seem antithetical, and yet somehow depend on each other.

However, people are used to judging whether various people and things are weird from their perspectives. There never seems to be an objective, absolute weirdness in our lives. It's hard to categorize weirdness. Everyone is strange in the 'right' eyes. If being a weirdo doesn’t hurt anyone, would you stop looking at me with strange eyes?

The name ‘怪我’ comes from the Japanese ‘Kanji’, which means injured. Sometimes being ‘weird’ makes one feel lonely, and thus people blame themselves for being so. As we crave for acceptance, to be seen as weirdos, we get hurt by what others think of us. Every time we fail to accept our ‘weirdness’ and choose to present a false persona, we get hurt by what we think of ourselves. We are so eager to perfect the ‘individual’ and be accepted by the ‘group’ that we are slowly losing our most original and authentic individuality. We keep getting hurt and feeling lonely in the crowd.

The seven of us asked the world: If we embrace our weirdness, would we suffer more or would we be relieved? As a human being, how do we see the difference between ‘self’ and ‘other’? Let’s begin this adventure of ‘weird’ through the games and artistic processes.

You are invited into the weird journeys of these creators: his self-isolation from the masses, her connection to the inner time and space, their self-judgment, acceptance of rareness, definition and redefinition of what is ‘weird’. The space welcomes all different ideas, lets go of conventional thoughts and appreciates changing perspectives.

Exhibition Details

• Freak me out
• Date: 16 Jul ‑ 7 Aug 2022
• Time: 13:00-18:00 (Closed on Wednesday and Thursday)
• Location: WURE AREA
• Address: Carpark Entrance, 707, 7/F, Block B, Po Lung Centre, Lam Hing Street, Kowloon Bay

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