"1/3" in mathematics is the combination of two rational numbers but is eventually an infinite decimal. Such an endless feature, more or less, equivalents to the ecological cycle of nature. However, the life of a city relates only to "death", which could only be associated with through "memory" and "forgetting" while looking at our current city life. The exhibition "1/3 Views" is going to show such changes of city view through the different and unique perspectives from three young artists.

Kenny Leung's work likes the snapshot of travelling in memory. Using city buildings as his main element, the artist is going to show his view of the "dismantling", "restructuring" and then "re-constructing" city lifecycle. Through the exquisite lines which depicting traces of buildings and life, audience are led to look at the forgotten urban landscape from another perspective while re-constructing the lost memories.

Urbanization in Hong Kong has created a tangled tension between the people within and the city itself. The re-examination of city view has led Peggy to look from her self-experienced changes of life caused by the evolvement of city. Peggy attempts to use an innovative way to interpret these signs of changes by elaborating stories happened within the city space; thus projecting her feelings and expectations. Peggy uses the traditional cyanotype printing method together with sunshine and time to create her work. Artist uses her own language to express her view and interpretation of the city in order to re-construe and unseal the essence of our existence.

The Wonderland is always accompanied by "fantasy". Would this only be our imagined ideal kingdom? Chris Chen's work wanders between the natural ecology and city development seeking for a real balance. The conclusion perhaps is: we need to keep on learning! Chen's works uses the images of city and the colour palatte, allowing independent thought, rethinking and imagining how to fill the colours; then ask, "Do I really need this change?"

Three artists, each with a different perspective, depict their city views looking for their Wonderland.

Featured artist: Chris Chan Kong Ngai, Peggy Chan Pui Leng and Kenny Leung Sai Poon

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