Chun Au Yeung

• Master Thesis Question: What is home?
• Tutor: Marge Monko

This project began with longing for a home since I left Hong Kong due to the unhealthy political environment. Emotional security, a significant feeling that has been lingering in my mind, became the core element for defining a home for myself. The installation refers to the philosophy of Tai Chi and is divided into Yin and Yang through three different exhibition locations. Through the interchanging dynamic between my internal feeling and external living environment, it seeks to reveal the characteristics of human nature and emotions related to home. 

(Part 1)

Location: EKA building 2nd floor

• My Heart Aches When It’s Time To Leave
• Tutor(s): Marge Monko
• CRT monitor, analogue video (50’29” loop), handmade wooden frame, wood dusts, tape, carpet, lamps, wood, found objects

The first part of the installation entitled My Heart Aches When It’s Time To Leave is represented as Yin from Tai Chi, dealing with longing for a home. I recorded my everyday life based on the intimate relationship with the living place and objects in the form of homemade video, which reflects my emotions such as powerlessness, fear and tension, etc.

(Part 2)

Location: Soo Street 25/2, apartment 32

• You Are No Longer The Same
• Tutor(s): Marge Monko
• Furniture, wood disassembled from the furniture, handmade wooden frame, Hong Kong map, found objects

The second part of the installation entitled You Are No Longer The Same is represented as Yang from Tai Chi, showing the living environment of my apartment. I use the disassembled wood from the furniture for building a miniature house. It is based on the scale of my apartment, reflecting the condition and physical structure of the house. Every single cut from the furniture shows the form and shape of my heavy, fragile and depressing emotions.

(Part 3)

Location: Soo Street 25/2, apartment 31

• Until Time Doesn’t Allow Me To Be Who I Am
• Tutor(s): Marge Monko
• CRT monitor, analogue video (10′ loop), drawing on paper, glass jars, ashes, furniture, tape, curtain, lamps, chairs, fabric from the chairs, handmade wooden frame, found objects

The third part of the installation entitled Until Time Doesn’t Allow Me To Be Who I Am is represented as memory. This section reflects the moments when I sit in front of the wood stove in my apartment during the cold night. These moments make me think about the past. I have stored the ashes that I collect from the wood stove in food jars. The ashes have become the mental foods for my soul.