About this Event
Titled Twisted Limbs, the show will take place across two venues in Clapham in December 2024. Visitors are advised to see both venues (the MLSAR Residency Home and the Omnibus Theatre Café Bar) for a holistic understanding. At the former, there will be an intimate look into the artist’s daily life in residency, and at the Omnibus Theatre, each visitor will be invited to take part in the artist’s future creative process, with visitors invited to bring erasers or tiny plastic objects for use in future artworks and workshops.
Sophie Hing Yee Cheung spent the summer of 2024 in Clapham, South London, overlooking Clapham Common. She thereby became the third artist to be invited by Schoeni Projects to take up an MLS Artist Residency, named after the influential Manfred Ludwig Schoeni, a major figure over several decades in the Hong Kong and wider Asian art scene.
The title of Twisted Limbs stems from Cheung’s assertion that dignity must be the central tenet of human interactions. During her residency she was struck by the tree stumps which she found across Clapham Common, and began to see manifold meaning in their form. The “peaceful violence” they represented, the dichotomy of their morbid state and the shelter of life they gave, the passage of time documented in their unique shape, all fed into her creative process.
For Cheung, plasticity is an aspirational characteristic, informing both her understanding of human nature and her navigation of new artistic possibilities. Her passion for the process of evolving, of immersing the past into the present, and of embracing frailty may be understood in the context of her own lived experiences with mental health diagnosis, treatment and advocacy. The artist focuses on various concepts related to dignity. She believes that dignity pertains to evolving into an original and organic form, while also adapting to climate variations, social intervention, and the laws of nature. She thereby explores how humans can truly affirm subjectivity and become a whole person.
Free Entry. This exhibition continues to 15 December.
Learn more: https://schoeniprojects.com/sophie-cheung
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Flat 1, 36 The Chase, 36 The Chase, London, United Kingdom
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