Susu Brick-Tiles Sculpture
Medium: Plaster, soft pastel.
Year: 2022
Dimensions: 215 x 100 x 65mm (3)
3 unique editions from 30
These brick-tiles were Salvaged from the production of my installation Remember to Dive at Artspace Aotearoa. The brick-tiles were sculpted digitally, 3D printed, casted in plaster and rubbed in soft pastel powder. Speaking to the failure in preservation of memory materials, 花磚 (Decorative floral or flower tiles) were used in Taiwanese housing during my grandparents’ time (under Japanese government), imported from Europe and Japan, often embedded alongside red bricks, concrete mixtures as a monumental, decorative statement of wellness in the house. Most of the houses with the tiles are now hazardous and must be taken down, the tiles go down with the house. Memories of 花磚 failed to be passed down or preserved, instead they are burden of the future.
Medium: Plaster, soft pastel.
Year: 2022
Dimensions: 215 x 100 x 65mm (3)
3 unique editions from 30
These brick-tiles were Salvaged from the production of my installation Remember to Dive at Artspace Aotearoa. The brick-tiles were sculpted digitally, 3D printed, casted in plaster and rubbed in soft pastel powder. Speaking to the failure in preservation of memory materials, 花磚 (Decorative floral or flower tiles) were used in Taiwanese housing during my grandparents’ time (under Japanese government), imported from Europe and Japan, often embedded alongside red bricks, concrete mixtures as a monumental, decorative statement of wellness in the house. Most of the houses with the tiles are now hazardous and must be taken down, the tiles go down with the house. Memories of 花磚 failed to be passed down or preserved, instead they are burden of the future.
Medium: Plaster, soft pastel.
Year: 2022
Dimensions: 215 x 100 x 65mm (3)
3 unique editions from 30
These brick-tiles were Salvaged from the production of my installation Remember to Dive at Artspace Aotearoa. The brick-tiles were sculpted digitally, 3D printed, casted in plaster and rubbed in soft pastel powder. Speaking to the failure in preservation of memory materials, 花磚 (Decorative floral or flower tiles) were used in Taiwanese housing during my grandparents’ time (under Japanese government), imported from Europe and Japan, often embedded alongside red bricks, concrete mixtures as a monumental, decorative statement of wellness in the house. Most of the houses with the tiles are now hazardous and must be taken down, the tiles go down with the house. Memories of 花磚 failed to be passed down or preserved, instead they are burden of the future.