Chow Yik Shun
endlessness
Read a newspaper while I'm alive. Relive the experience while I can still remember. Apple daily, a Hong Kong newspaper. It was published on June 24, 2021. This was also the last day of the publisher Apple Daily before shutdown. The reason for the closure was because it couldn't survive in Hong Kong. I come here for the same reason. Similar sounds, different places, repeat the same experience. Reading loud the newspaper that remain on the date it was published. Until now the value still exists, surpassing the function of newspapers to reflect facts. Through this performance art which break down language, time and place in a blank space. We finally understand the witness of history is a painful process of growth, it should be more painful beyond imagination.
About Chow Yik Shun
Hello, I'm from Hong Kong and I moved to Toronto on September 20, 2022. Since I've always sought to break the everyday routine, there isn't one particular creative medium that I use. This time, the artwork is a performance piece that breaks the daily routine by the routine itself. This also includes the time and the place. Although I was aware that performance art was not an accepted form for the open call for Scarborough art, I nevertheless applied. Since this piece is still a part of the work when it is not performed, I hope it will be accepted.