For immediate release 28 January 2008 Paradise Found? Supported by the Liverpool Culture Company and RIBA A huge duck with a foxes head, a Scouse Buddhist monk, an interactive wigwam- igloo and an Indian woman dancing to gospel and techno… just some of the characters, flora and fauna inhabiting artist Kai-Oi Jay Yung’s Paradise Stories exhibition. Liverpool’s transformation and mankind’s endless pursuit of happiness have inspired Yung to create a unique two venue multi-sensory exhibition that employs a mixture of art forms to explore the quest for utopia, inviting visitors to find a sanctuary from reality and reflect on the city’s journey to current day European Capital of Culture renewal. In the RENEW Rooms between March 4 and 28, Yung focuses on stories from Liverpool’s inhabitants, featuring subjects from a range of backgrounds, ages, occupations and ethnicities. Through interconnected one-to-one investigations, chance and contrived meetings, her installation crosses sculpture to video installation and live performance, voicing modern day vices, loss, aspirations and solidarity. People can expect an assault on the senses at RENEW Rooms. Eight videos include an insight into a cab driver’s unsuspecting daily encounters, a feng shui expert talking about how the Chinese Archway was positioned using ancient techniques, and the raised voices from Afro-Caribbean mother and daughter ‘The Wentons’. Their thorny discussion delves into integration across Liverpool since the Toxteth riots. The videos are embedded amongst exuberant day-glow half-animal forms, at once humorous and sinister, and a plethora of explosive improvised jungle surroundings - even a water feature. There is respite though, as a shelter construction offers a degree of escape from the noise of the surrounding plastic Paradise. Simultaneously in the International Gallery between March 4 and 21, Yung will curate the work of eight artists from Georgia to Stuttgart, presenting a collage of work spanning live performance and sound art to photography. Works include an audience interactive ‘Shadow Tracing’ event, a movement triggered instrumental installation ‘The Note C’, and dreamlike alienation worlds of Maslen and Mehra’s photographed light sculptures. Kai-Oi Jay Yung said: “I’ve been away from Liverpool for fifteen years and it’s incredible how a city changes but still remains ‘home’. I want to question what it means to be Scouse, especially at a time when all eyes are on its growth and investment. Paradise is a universal yearning; that is why I chose a second venue to voice artist interpretations from Stuttgart to Oregon. I want visitors to see the beauty as well as the reality of how we try to make sense of our lives through the work; this is really about my passion to employ art to connect with real people.” -ENDS
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For immediate release 28 January 2008
Paradise Found?
Supported by the Liverpool Culture Company and RIBA A huge duck
with a foxes head, a Scouse Buddhist monk, an interactive
wigwam-igloo and an Indian woman dancing to gospel and techno just
some of the characters, flora and fauna inhabiting artist Kai-Oi
Jay Yungs Paradise Stories exhibition. Liverpools transformation
and mankinds endless pursuit of happiness have inspired Yung to
create a unique two venue multi-sensory exhibition that employs a
mixture of art forms to explore the quest for utopia, inviting
visitors to find a sanctuary from reality and reflect on the citys
journey to current day European Capital of Culture renewal. In the
RENEW Rooms between March 4 and 28, Yung focuses on stories from
Liverpools inhabitants, featuring subjects from a range of
backgrounds, ages, occupations and ethnicities. Through
interconnected one-to-one investigations, chance and contrived
meetings, her installation crosses sculpture to video installation
and live performance, voicing modern day vices, loss, aspirations
and solidarity. People can expect an assault on the senses at RENEW
Rooms. Eight videos include an insight into a cab drivers
unsuspecting daily encounters, a feng shui expert talking about how
the Chinese Archway was positioned using ancient techniques, and
the raised voices from Afro-Caribbean mother and daughter The
Wentons. Their thorny discussion delves into integration across
Liverpool since the Toxteth riots. The videos are embedded amongst
exuberant day-glow half-animal forms, at once humorous and
sinister, and a plethora of explosive improvised jungle
surroundings - even a water feature. There is respite though, as a
shelter construction offers a degree of escape from the noise of
the surrounding plastic Paradise. Simultaneously in the
International Gallery between March 4 and 21, Yung will curate the
work of eight artists from Georgia to Stuttgart, presenting a
collage of work spanning live performance and sound art to
photography. Works include an audience interactive Shadow Tracing
event, a movement triggered instrumental installation The Note C,
and dreamlike alienation worlds of Maslen and Mehras photographed
light sculptures. Kai-Oi Jay Yung said: Ive been away from
Liverpool for fifteen years and its incredible how a city changes
but still remains home. I want to question what it means to be
Scouse, especially at a time when all eyes are on its growth and
investment. Paradise is a universal yearning; that is why I chose a
second venue to voice artist interpretations from Stuttgart to
Oregon. I want visitors to see the beauty as well as the reality of
how we try to make sense of our lives through the work; this is
really about my passion to employ art to connect with real
people.
High quality images are available free on request.
About Kai-Oi Jay Yung: Graduating in 2006, Yung is rapidly
gaining
recognition as an international artist for her prolific and
characteristically challenging deployment of art forms
investigating identity. Recent activity include
commissions/invitations for Istanbul Biennial, The Whitechapel Art
Gallery, Biennial/British Council exchange to Libya as well as Arts
Council funded projects to San Francisco and Hong Kong. In 2008 she
will embark on a long-term project alongside Grizedale Arts to
China.
The artists selected for exhibition in the International Gallery
part of Paradise Stories are Chong Boon Pok, Chris Eckersley, Didi
Dunphy, Faye Peacock, Mehra & Maslen, Kurtz & Beatty, Sari
Lievonen and Kaspar Wimberley.
Members of the media are invited to a private view of both
exhibitions on Tuesday, March 4, starting at the RENEW Rooms at
6pm, followed by street interaction piece leading to The
International Gallery at 8pm. To confirm you attendance, or for
more information on Paradise Stories, please contact Kai-Oi Jay
Yung on 07961 915 011. Listings information: Paradise Stories: The
International Gallery, 34A Slater Street, Liverpool, L1 4BX
Exhibition dates: 4-21 March 2008 (Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm) The
RENEW Rooms, The Tea Factory, 82 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ
Exhibition dates: 4-28 March 2008 (Weekdays 9-5pm, Sat/Sun 11-5pm.
Closed 21-24/3/2008 Easter)
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