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Reminiscences
Artist: Enoch Cheung
Artwork Location: Rain Shelter (next to Fountain Terrace Garden)
"Somewhat
distant,
a
little
unfamiliar — this
is
the
mixed
feeling
I
have
of
‘Bing
Tau
Fa
Yuen',
the
Cantonese
locals'
way
of
calling
the
Hong
Kong
Zoological
and
Botanical
Gardens.
What
I
see
and
what
I
remember
superimpose
upon
each
other,
and
there
is
just
a
slight
distance
between
the
hippocampus
and
reality.
In
merging
history
with
nature,
the
juxtaposed
images
of
a
city
I
call
home
seem
so
unfamiliar
and
alien
to
me."
In
nature,
animals
roar
but
plants
wait
quietly
for
visitors
to
notice
and
appreciate
them
— the
23
"Old
and
Valuable
Trees"
in
the
Gardens
are
among
the
oldest
and
most
uncommon
specimens
that
remain
in
Hong
Kong,
with
many
of
them
being
precious
and
rare
species.
Photographer
Enoch
Cheung
uses
light
and
shadow
to
capture
images
of
the
textures,
lines
and
forms
of
these
old
trees
and
superimposes
the
silhouettes
of
the
branches
onto
acrylic
sheets,
to
create
an
emboss-printed
canopy
that
sits
unobtrusively
atop
the
Gardens'
Rain
Shelter.
Through
the
translucent
acrylic
sheets,
Cheung
is
presenting
these
picturesque
images
of
nature
in
an
all-weather
condition,
whether
sunlit,
moonlit
or
in
the
rain.
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Artist Biography
Cheung obtained his MFA degree in Painting from the RMIT University in Australia, MFA degree in Interactive Media and Environment from Frank Mohr Institute of Hanze University in the Netherlands, and MA degree in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design of University of the Arts London in the United Kingdom. In recent years, he has developed an interest to explore the relationship between artistic works across other disciplines. His recent research aims to examine contemporary art from the perspective of intersemiotic relationship. Latest exhibitions include "Pseudo Collection — What Do Artists Collect" at 1a space in 2016 and "Breathing Space: Contemporary Art from Hong Kong" at Asia Society Hong Kong Center in 2017.
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