SKIN
Kassandra Hor Yu Lee
See it On Campus: Level 2
Visitor InfoNext to the Reliance Theatre
Ceramics, acetate
8.5” x 6” x 4”
2023
Inhabiting a space of hybridity, SKIN explores Chinese diasporic identity by reimagining traditions from Ming Dynasty ceramics. By attaching blue motifs printed on acetate sheets to white ceramic vessels that have been assembled as halves, my intervention with the material speaks to themes of dislocation through time and place. The pieces are installed with overhead light to create reflections from the acetate and reference fragmented memory, as I retrace the history of my cultural identity. The work enforces the dual function of vessels as bodies that hold physical material, but also have potential to be symbols.
SKIN is my attempt to merge my ceramic and digital practices to create a dialogue between the permanence of fired clay and the fragility of acetate.
Other work:
RICHMOND
2023
Lino print
In RICHMOND, I situate plaza signs with a ghostly overlay of traditional motifs to show changing cultural spaces.
LANTERN
2024
Ceramics, cloth, yarn, wire
连接 (CONNECTION)
2024
Ceramics
Made of several smaller components to create larger vase-like forms, the visible lines of the piece create the Chinese word 连接, meaning connection.
UNTITLED
2024
Ceramics
GLITCH
2024
Ceramics
