One day perhaps there's discovery of that unbeauty 一天或許會發現這原來不怎麼美麗

One day perhaps there's discovery of that unbeauty, 2013
Multi-channel video installation with belongings during the residency in Taipei
Dimension variable

installation view:  http://vimeo.com/72134809, 3min35s

act one: http://vimeo.com/72323563, 6min27s
act two: http://vimeo.com/72324101, 3min38s
act three: http://vimeo.com/72333130, 1min35s
act four: http://vimeo.com/72324406, 8min41s
act five: http://vimeo.com/72322651, 7min56s
act six: http://vimeo.com/72325063, 4min25s

During a one-month artist residency at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei, Tang Kwok-hin found himself confronting the quiet discomfort of displacement. Removed from the relentless pace of Hong Kong, he began to examine his long-standing habit of staying awake until dawn — a rhythm shaped by years of intense urban pressure. In the stillness of the studio, surrounded by four white walls, he reenacted the small, private gestures and rituals of his sleepless early mornings.

Presented as a multi-channel video installation accompanied by personal belongings from the residency, the work unfolds through six distinct “acts.” These performative vignettes explore themes of loneliness, melancholy, insomnia, emotional numbness, and bodily fatigue. With a mix of irony and vulnerability, Tang questions the romantic allure often attached to the solitary artist’s nocturnal existence. What once seemed poetic or profound is revealed, upon closer inspection, to be awkward, absurd, or simply unbeautiful.