(I stay quiet as a stone),「from there to here」。
Multi-Disciplinary Artist X Dance Artist
Law Yuk Mui X Gigi Yang
An exhibition X mixed-medium conversation
How can we express our inner landscape while leading a life inherently scattered and fractured? Do we arrange daily collectibles or discover hidden traces within our living bodies? Gigi Yang inspects her bittersweet journey through dance, while Law Yuk Mui collects the sounds of stones sinking in the river to connect with her diasporic daily life. Law reconstructs the hearing experience through a series of sound installations and scores, capturing the fleeting moments of Gigi's moving body. By slowing down, we mark our presence in this transient passage. In this exhibition, sessions of durational cross-medium conversation immerse visitors in a space that allows the body to speak.
Performance | 3-hour unlimited access
24/8 (Thu) 7 pm
27/8 (Sun) 3 pm
30/8 (Wed) 7 pm
$160
25/8 - 3/9
11 am-7 pm
(Close on Mondays)
Free Admission
1a space, Cattle Depot Artist Village
Multi-disciplinary Artist: Law Yuk Mui
Choreographer & Performer: Gigi Yang
Artist Observer: Allen Ho Man Hin, Lam Yip, Rico Lau Ching Hei
Video Documentation: Allen Ho Man Hin
Curation: Unlock Dancing Plaza
Programme partner: 1a space
#DANCELESS complex 2023 - Online Conversation: Dialogue between Law Yuk Mui and Gigi Yang on "(I stay quiet as a stone),「from there to here」。"
#DANCELESS complex 2023 online conversation series invited two artists, Law Yuk Mui and Gigi Yang, who collaborated on the creation of "(I stay quiet as a stone),「from there to here」。" to share their experiences and thoughts about the work in a dialogue moderated by independent curator and writer Qu Chang.
In this commission, the two artists, who work in different media, collaborated to develop an exhibition and three live performances titled "(I stay quiet as a stone),「from there to here」。" During the three performances, three invited artist-observers used different materials and methods to document Gigi Yang's actions on-site, and these records were accumulated and continuously updated as part of the exhibition.
Over the course of several months, the two artists engaged in remote communication, attempting to imagine the intertwining of the body, the silence of sounds, and materiality of the objects and images in the white box set up in 1a space. Law Yuk Mui responded to the slow and quiet movements by evoking the contours of shifting stones during cyanotype exposures through daily subtle traces. Meanwhile, Gigi Yang silently and steadfastly faced the overlapping history and memories of the body, becoming an installation in mobile within the exhibition with a continuous three-hour performance, as if embarking on an endless journey. This dialogue aims to share the experiences and inspirations from the collaborative process, recalling and narrating the untold beginnings, endings, and details that were not mentioned in the exhibition and performances.
Artists: Law Yuk Mui (Multi-disciplinary Artist), Gigi Yang (Dance Artist)
Moderator: Qu Chang (Independent Curator and Writer)
The conversation will be held in Cantonese.