The Folio (Vol.2) -
Sea2Sea
︎Related Exhibition
‘Compulsory Light Therapy’ presented by Wure Area,
NEW PLATFORM - Alternative ASIA, Art Center NEW, Yokohama, Japan
‘Compulsory Light Therapy’ presented by Wure Area,
NEW PLATFORM - Alternative ASIA, Art Center NEW, Yokohama, Japan
The Folio (Vol.2) - Sea2Sea, Digital print on archival paper, 29.7 cm x 42 cm x 26 pages, 2025
Installation View
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“The zine presents a contemplative visual journey through the shimmering reflections of city lights on the waters of Asian harbors. Drawing imagery from official travel sites and stock photo archives, it reframes familiar cityscapes through the lens of light, surface, and memory.“ - Mark Chung, Artist
In this accordion book, the artist collects a series of online stock images depicting harbour views from Asian cities—Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Seoul, and Yokohama. From each photograph, he crops only the surface of the sea, removing the skyline, architecture, and other markers of national identity.
These fragments of water are then joined into a single continuous image. The individual seas dissolve into one uninterrupted body, where geographical borders seemingly disappear.
The sea operates simultaneously as a boundary and a connector. By isolating and stitching together these reflections, the artist blurs distinctions between cities and nations, allowing the water to emerge as a shared surface—fluid, borderless, and quietly political.
In this accordion book, the artist collects a series of online stock images depicting harbour views from Asian cities—Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Seoul, and Yokohama. From each photograph, he crops only the surface of the sea, removing the skyline, architecture, and other markers of national identity.
These fragments of water are then joined into a single continuous image. The individual seas dissolve into one uninterrupted body, where geographical borders seemingly disappear.
The sea operates simultaneously as a boundary and a connector. By isolating and stitching together these reflections, the artist blurs distinctions between cities and nations, allowing the water to emerge as a shared surface—fluid, borderless, and quietly political.
「一本册頁裝裱相集，每頁之間壓線打孔，懸掛在牆上伸出的幾條支架上，展示相册局部數頁。圖面中是寂靜的波瀾，沒有繁榮只剩下倒影；在頁面壓線的部分紙往下沉，反之亦然。不同快門的現成照片合成再合成，成像再沒有所指的地方，連綿不絕的空洞，使觀者對未有展出的畫面不再有期望；百亨奮力使人對璀璨麻木，成功取消閱者翻頁的慾念。」—— 鍾正