Then begin with an airline ticket 就從一張飛機票說起

Then begin with an airline ticket, 2013
Mixed media
Dimension variable

It all begins with an airline ticket.

During a residency in Taipei, Tang Kwok-hin initiated a series of works from a single plane ticket — specifically, two casual circles ticked by a flight attendant. What started as a modest point of departure evolved into an open-ended exploration of sketching, intuition, and the fluidity of artistic process within the constraints of everyday urban life.

Presented as a mixed-media installation with variable dimensions, the project consists of works created spontaneously in public spaces, borrowed environments, and the flow of daily routines. Armed only with the ticket, basic stationery, and limited funds, Tang wandered the streets of Taipei, allowing ideas to emerge from immediate surroundings and chance encounters. Each piece reflects a chain of conceptual leaps and shifts in medium, testing the boundaries between text, autonomy, tools, technique, and personal agency.

Rather than pursuing the romantic myth of pure, inner expression through sketching, Tang interrogates how external conditions — environment, habit, and circumstance — shape artistic decision-making. The work questions whether true autonomy is possible or whether all creation remains inevitably influenced by the frameworks of modern civilization.