Black. Grey. White
But Lau Lai

October 28 to December 3, 2005
Undergraduate installation (Genevieve Cadieux’s student)

The Concept:

Artwork and its surrounding architecture are often seen as two separate elements: the art is the object and the architecture surrounding is the background. With this in mind, I have created this site-specific installation where the artwork is consisted of the existing architecture (panels of glass) with minimum alteration (painted wall).

Glass, when in its pure form, is a transparency wall which divides two spaces in architecture. Glass not only conceals, it also reveals and reflects. The reflective quality depends on what is behind the glass. When glass allows the spectator became the participant, it involved both inside (behind the glass) and outside (in front of the glass). In this case, the panel of glasses provides a space for interactions between the viewers and whoever and/or whatever is reflected.

The Project:

The project is a site-specific installation work using black, grey and white paint with glass. The installation is in four sections, which corresponds to the four bays separate by the concrete column in the existing space of the FOFA Gallery display window. The first section (starting from the side close to the entrance of the gallery) is the title of the project. The second section is painted black. The third section is painted in grey. The fourth section is to see a reflection of themselves. The degree of reflective quality is determined by the three paint colors. Black is the most reflective, grey is medium, and white is the least. Thus, the artwork creates a space for the viewers to interact with their own reflections, as well as, the surrounding architecture which is also reflected on the glass. During the exhibition period, lights will be turned off in the display area to increase the reflective quality of the display glass.