About the Exhibition

This exhibition curates artworks through the mystery of time and how the artist as an individual identifies with this enigma. The concept of time can be interpreted in many different ways since it has no resolution and it is not something incontrolable, therefore the artworks are based on the artist’s experience and opinions towards ‘time’. The chosen works explore the necessity to repeat the past, our inability to move on, the need to appreciate the present and the artist’s fear for the future. The concept of time first appealed to me as I struggled falling asleep due to my fear of the future, each night I questioned about the incontrability of time and left many regrets and wonders. This anxiety has made me grow curious about time and therefore express my questionings and findings of time into my artworks. Furthermore, due to my personal interest in pursuing fashion, I decided to create three outfits based on metaphorical stories viewing the past, present and the future. My works were influenced by the fashion designer Guo Pei as she creates her outfits based on stories she read or created, this method/idea specifically influenced ‘Luminous Ones’ as it showcases the story of a flower walking through a paracosm night and was soon developed to ‘Projecting Paracosm’ where a projector showcased the story of my outfit.

I believe that fashion is made for an individual in their community to dress in the way they want to be perceived as. Therefore, I created my three outfits that are based on how I identify with time. However, I also wanted to showcase works that contribute to the audience, therefore five of my artworks explore the impact to an individual in a growing society throughout time. For an example, ‘Hireth’, communicates growth of social media and its falsified dreams placed into young children.‘Find it Yourself’ and ‘It’s Raining I Can’t Go Outside’ explores the development in a society and its negative impacts as it grows competitive. The two works leave a social message to the viewers that we should not get lost into the competition and take time and appreciation for ourselves. As for the three outfits, ‘She’s a Witch!’ presents my strong beliefs in gender equality and rights and therefore my outfit travels to the past and communicates the importance of history. I sewed leather, velvet and lace fabric to represent the accused witches to the audience. The materials used impacts the outfit since it does not match the typical reference to a witch and therefore communicates the truth about the bizarre historical accusations of being a witch. Moreover, ‘Memories turn to Rust’ shares about an abandoned amusement park and how the artist believes that although memories will stay with us, we should not linger in regrets showcasing the necessity to move on from the past. Wooden materials were used to style antique frames which reminds the audience of the past. Finally, ‘Luminous Ones’ represents the artist’s fear of the future and her inability to sleep as she faces many thoughts about time. The dress has multiple colours and shapes to communicate the confusion and paracosm of time in the perspective of the artist during the night.

Although the given space was limited, I planned to fit all artworks by measuring the dimensions and sketching them into place for the spacing aesthetic. I picture the wall to be painted as a full semi-circle with the moving projector screen in the middle to emphasise a clock and a never ending movement. As mannequins take up alot of space, I decided to place floating mannequins with fishing strings in order to fit them within the limited space, positioned inside the circle slanted to further represent the infinity and mystery of time. Furthermore, I did not want my exhibition to be properly structured as I wanted to make the audience feel confused and dream like. I also want the audience to focus more on my outfits and later spot the further details from the artworks. Overall, as the concept of time is interpreted in many different ways and is complex to one another, I wanted the audience to experience the artist’s individual expressions of time.