Wend a Way | Media Arts Exhibition by Lau Ching-wa Jess Introduction

"Memories are motionless, and the more securely they are fixed in space, the sounder they are." Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space.

ifva partners with Goethe-Institut Hongkong to present solo exhibitions for Media Art Category local awardees. This year the two parties will present the solo media arts exhibition "Wend a Way" of Jess Lau, the Gold Awardee of the 27th ifva Media Art Category, which reconstructs the memories of the city and moving bodies through a collection of new and old media artworks. Jess Lau creates moving images through monotonous and repetitive motions to emphasise the relationship between moving images and the motions of bodies. Memories rest in places where stories are unfolded, be it a river, an avenue, a body or even a white wall. Viewers revisit the twisting and chaotic memories through the flowing of images to realise memories are now wending in an unfamiliar gesture, which reshape and reform to connect with the imagined.

Exhibition Details

• Wend a Way | Media Arts Exhibition by Lau Ching-wa Jess
• Date: 10 Feb - 11 Mar 2023
• Time: 11:00-20:00 (Mon) | 10:00-20:00 (Tue-Fri) | 9:30-18:00 (Sat)
• Venue: Goethe-Gallery & Black Box Studio, Goethe-Institut Hongkong
• Address: 14F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Information Source: Hong Kong Arts Centre official website