Group Exhibition
The Gallery, 10/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Exhibition Period: 5 June – 29 July 2020
Exhibition statement
The word “Ceramic” can be traced back to the Greek term κέραμος (keramos), which means “a potter” or “pottery”. It is related to an older Sanskrit root, which means “to burn”. Thus, the early Greeks used the term to describe “burned stuff” or “fired earth”.
What does “Ceramic” mean now?
9 alumni (Major in Ceramics) from different backgrounds and cohorts attempt to reexamine this question in a contradictory way and use “unfired” clay to express their own ideas in this “Unceramic” exhibition.
What role does unfired clay play in the so-called “contemporary ceramic art”?
Heraclitean Flow
Nothing is static. Referring to changes as fluxes or flows, Heraclitus (c. 535 – c. 475 BC) stated πάντα ῥεῖ (everything flows).
Drawing on these ideas of change and flows and relating them to the potter, I explore the way clay changes over time during the making process. The soft clay is transformed through rotation, physical manipulation and, in its unfired state, continual absorption and evaporation of moisture depending on the environment.
