Pauline Lam will show her representative works in recent years "The Latest Version of Shan Hai Jing" in this exhibition. In this series of works, Lam utilizes images of various weird creatures from Shan Hai Jing (Literally: The Classic of Mountains and Seas) as her inspirations. Though these creatures are strange in their images, it may be no surprising us as development of genetic modification or biotechnology allows organisms in various forms appear in our world nowadays. However, it is hard to judge whether our ancestor prophesized such condition or we get our inspirations from them and create these strange animals. Maybe the descriptions in The Classic of Mountains and Seas are a reflection of our ancestors' reactions to environmental awareness. Those weird creatures appearing in The Classic of Mountains and Seas seem to have an eternal mesmerizing power, perhaps this has something to do with the so-called collective consciousness or déjà vu.

Many of Lam's works tend to underline the attributes of the objects themselves. She makes use of ordinary objects around us as dominant media to produce material analogy of contemporary issues relevant to consumerism and environmental awareness, so as to arouse people's attention.

Time: 10:00am - 8:00pm daily
Venue: Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall
Address: 1 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, N.T.
Free admission

Education and Extension Activities
   1. Free Guided Tours for groups / schools (in Cantonese)
   2. Future Archaeology • Collage Hong Kong (in Cantonese)
   3. Experience Sharing on Site-specific Installation (in Cantonese)