Art Projects Gallery is proud to introduce Hong Kong artist Jay Lau Ka Chun’s Solo Exhibition “Regarding the indifference of us”.

Artist Statement
A large sum of images depicting the past, present, and future of a place is made accessible through the internet: television media produced by interpreting local and or foreign cultures; propaganda produced by governments; news images produced by the media; personal photography or drawings uploaded onto social media networks… These images feature a place in various settings continuously, hence influencing and even molding how we understand a place, and our emotions attached to it. So, regarding the place one grows up and lives in, how do images affect one’s impression on said place?

“Regarding the indifference of us” showcases my works in recent years, which are some of my saved found images after processing. In which the images shown were selected from films, advertisements, and news, all illustrating Hong Kong in various eras, such as street views, night views, different generations of Star Ferry; the Lunar New Year Fireworks Display in recent years; all previous winners of Miss Hong Kong Pageant and how they won, etc.

When faced with images of the same place but with different contents, the bliss and anxiety once experienced in that place get overwhelming, overcome with too many emotions to handle, not knowing if being objective is the right thing to do, bias and reason are intertwined endlessly. Losing my breath standing too close, so I distance myself from crowds and save myself; straying too far only leads to feeling numb and cold, so I walk back in under shame, so on and so forth. When reviewing the images, their original purpose and the content they refer to start to deviate, what images mean to us changes with us, this might be one of the ways to address society as a spectated reality interpreted by images.

Gallery address: Unit A2, 14/F, Vita Tower, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road