Waste Matters produced as two banners, located on the façade of Palazzo Foscari on the Grand Canal,which are the result of reflections made during the Waste Matters project that the artist ran, and developed with students and academics.
Waste Matters produced as two banners, located on the façade of Palazzo Foscari on the Grand Canal,which are the result of reflections made during the Waste Matters project that the artist ran, and developed with students and academics.
Waste Matters produced as two banners, located on the façade of Palazzo Foscari on the Grand Canal,which are the result of reflections made during the Waste Matters project that the artist ran, and developed with students and academics.
We recently worked with Gayle Chong Kwan on her latest solo exhibition, Waste Archipelago, which is on until 4th September at Alberta Pane gallery in Venice. The exhibition includes photographic, paper and installation works, created from food waste and other organic elements, weave osmotic dialogues in the exhibition space: cut-outs and fragments, peels and scraps, collages and photographs are the starting point for a reflection that extends to colonial expansion, the exploitation of natural resources and ecological disasters. Genesis assisted in the creation of these works with file preparation and screen time.
Winner of the 2019 Sustainable Art Prize, Gayle Chong Kwan has worked for more than a year with students and academics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, with the aim of exploring theories, conceptions and perspectives on these issues, and then developing a project that focuses on waste as a virtuous matter that permeates everyday life.
The solo exhibition at the Venice gallery is closely linked to this research, which it deliberately echoes: an immersive and enveloping show in which the central concept of the archipelago aims to bring out, visually and conceptually, the interconnection between actions and ideas that humanity enacts and elaborates around waste and residue. Chong Kwan explores the central role of the body and its relationship within a natural system of correlations, and the potentials that this perspective can offer.
Gayle Chong Kwan is a London-based artist, whose large -scale photographic installation, sound, participatory, and video work is exhibited nationally and internationally, both in major galleries and in the public space. Her work is an ongoing investigation into simulacra and the sublime, which she explores through constructed immersive environments and mise en scenes.
The personal and global politics of food and tourism is a major focus of Gayle Chong Kwan’s practice. Her work is often specific to a context and she explores histories, memory and senses. The artist’s pieces take the viewer on a journey across countries and civilizations, exploring the relationship between food and culture, and underlying the importance of waste in giving measure to our lives. Playing with scale and merging the real and the constructed, she has often created large and multilayered installations, exploring the built environment, strata and waste, as well as many mythical landscapes, created through arrangements of foods.
Gayle Chong Kwan: Waste Archipelago at Galleria Alberta Pane
22 May – 4 September 2021
Galleria Alberta Pane Dorsoduro 2403H Calle dei Guardiani 30123, Venice, IT
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