Trevor Yeung

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Earth to Earth, 2024

In Earth to Earth, Yeung conceives of specially commissioned site-specific installations that draw attention to the resources needed to give shape to the things we take for granted. Earth to Earth consists of two sets of four unfired terracotta wares whose clay has been exposed to the monsoon rains. Without the heat and labor of kiln-workers, these clay are malleable materials, a barometer sensing changes in atmospheric humidity, pressure, and susceptible to imperceptible environmental stressors and microbes. Across from each other, one set is outdoors, exposed to the forces of nature, while the other set is indoors, safely housed in the museum galleries. Observing their respective state changes over the biennale, Earth to Earth becomes a comparative experiment of care and an exaggerated illustration of the entropic force of climate at large.

 

Shower Giver, 2024

Shower Giver is an outdoor installation consisting of 15 dancing sprinklers in the nursery of the Shalimar Gardens, activated for 5 minutes every hour, temporarily controlling the visitor’s movement. The project grew out of the artist’s long-standing unrealized proposal for pastoral control which he is finally able to realize for LB03. On the one hand, the dancing sprinklers are household appliances that playfully respond to the more than 300 fountains emblematic of the architectural splendor of Shalimar Gardens. On the other hand, the nursery is an often ignored part of the site by visitors, yet an integral source of the beautiful flora and vegetation that becomes the garden. In addition to being a pithy commentary on the growing water scarcity facing South Asia  in the wake of climate change, Shower Giver recycles our focus to the imperceivable energy and labor that give us the ecosystem we take for granted.

Trevor Yeung (b.1988) uses horticulture, aquariums, and other points where nature comes into contact with humans as metaphors that reference the emancipation of everyday aspirations toward human relationships. Yeung draws inspiration from intimate and personal experiences, culminating in works that range from image-based works to large-scale installations. Yeung has exhibited internationally including representing Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale, as well as participating in the Sydney Biennale of Sydney, Singapore Biennale, Kathmandu Triennale, EVA International Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit, and more.