《安妮，你還好嗎？》
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現代的工作模式充滿壓力。誤解、孤獨感、過勞，以及各種的恐惧，令上班族陷入不斷自我懷疑的苦惱漩渦。藝術家的一系列作品不但以工作的壓力層面作幻想性創作，亦突出關懷和同理心的作用。全因對自己和他人的這種敏銳感覺，我們才能在逆境中學習並存和進步。
一系列視覺藝術作品鼓勵參觀者重新審視自己的工作境況和內在自我，包括他們不欲旁人窺視的角落。
《安妮，你還好嗎？》
《安妮，你還好嗎？》是一幅大型相片，構圖有如大家參與網上會議時所看到的屏幕，而與會者則是作心肺復甦訓練用的塑膠人體模型「復甦安妮」。她平和的表情意味深長。到底她此刻的感覺是輕鬆、恐惧，還是孤立無援？參觀者的不同解讀，可會揭示他們內心的感受和渴望？《別讓我被誤解》
《別讓我被誤解》由一張相片和一組電線雕塑組合而成。相片中，藝術家本人被有如凌亂髮絲的電線所纏繞，不知所措。而電線雕塑則由多條互相糾纏的LAN線構成，所有電線都被割開，露出曾經色彩繽紛的芯線，形成有如亂草堆的模樣。兩個部分都代表了人們對溝通和誤解的畏惧和抗拒。《自我抱團》
裝置作品《自我抱團》是兩個外型酷似麵糰的感官圓墊。它代表了我們掩藏的自我。參觀者可輕抱軟墊，感受它們，藉此審視內在的思想信念，從而接納自己，包括那些不欲被他人窺視的部分。除視覺藝術品外，藝術家亦會邀參與者合作，一同「小話」，牽動觀眾踏上自我療癒的體驗，透過自省和對照，發現潛藏在內的力量。
“ANNE, ARE YOU OK?”
Modern work is full of stress. Miscommunications, isolation, overwork, and all sorts of fears draw workers into spirals of self-doubt and anguish. While the artist’s group of works depicts her imagination of stress in work life, it also highlights the effects of compassion and empathy. It is through such sensitivities to oneself and others that we survive and advance amid adversity.
A series of visual art pieces invites visitors to re-examine their work lives and inner selves, including the parts they prefer hidden.
“Anne, Are You OK?”
In “Anne, Are You OK?”, a large photographic print resembling a screenshot of an online meeting, the peaceful expression on “Resusci Anne”, a plastic doll developed for CPR training, calls for much reading. Does it entail relief, fear, or isolation? The interpretation is revealing.“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” includes a photographic print and a network cable sculpture. The photography is a self-portrait of the artist, tangled and overwhelmed by hair-like cables. The cable sculpture comprises of ethernet cables cut open to expose the once colorful core wires, forming a disconnected tumbleweed. Both parts symbolize the fears in and resistance towards communication and miscommunication.“The Self Dough”
The installation “The Self Dough” features two dough-like sensory poufs that embody hidden parts of our inner selves. Visitors are invited to hug them, re-examine their thoughts and beliefs, and embrace themselves, even the elements they prefer hidden from view.Aside from visual arts, the same artist also invites visitors to have a “Small Talk” with her, and takes the audience on a self-healing journey. Through conversation and confrontation with oneself, they shall rediscover their inner strengths.
藝術家 ARTIST
李美蓮 CLAIRE LEE
李美蓮香港出生，現居倫敦。其作品包括素描、繪畫、物件創作、攝影及詩作。李氏以富有詩意的想像探討人的內心世界。她會觀察人們在不同處境中的表現，以及當中所展現的掙扎和靭力，並利用富有觸感、質地及層次的多種材料，創造出有如冥想的體驗。李美蓮除舉辦個人展覽外，作品亦曾參與亞洲及海外的群展及藝術展。
Born in Hong Kong and residing in London, Claire Lee’s works span drawings and paintings, art objects, photography, and poetry, through which she explores poetic imaginations of the human psyche. Drawing inspirations from the contrasts, struggles and resilience found in different human conditions, she creates meditative experiments with tactile materials, textures, and layers. Her works have been exhibited in solo, group exhibitions and art fairs in Asia and abroad.