Isle of Anglesey

Work | Porcelain | 2023

‘Isle of Anglesey’ is an installation I made for the group exhibition Can you live my space? in De StadsGalerij in Breda. The exhibition reflects on the concept of space both from a physical and conceptual point of view.

Wishing instills hope, and hope creates space in our minds. My goal was to create something that would carry positive thoughts and encourage the audience to contemplate the meanings of hope, love, compassion, empathy, kindness and other positive sentiments. I used QR codes, modern symbols of connecting and sharing, to encode positive words. These QR codes were then transferred onto the porcelain stones. I hope that scanning these codes would bring a smile to the audience’s face and foster a sense of connection. In addition to the porcelain stones, this installation also includes a selection of ‘Stone’ drawings from 2018 and poem ‘Isle of Anglesey’ from 2023.

COMPASSION

Stone #1 | ink on paper | 25 x 25 cm | 2018

ISLE OF ANGLESEY

Isle of Anglesey

‘Making is a form of physical thinking’ Antony Gormley

Five years ago my husband passed away
Death has never been so close and so sudden

‘What do you feel now?’ someone asked
‘Like carrying a stone in my stomach,’ was my answer

I began to collect stones during my daily walks
Each walk one stone
Not the pretty one, just ordinary small gravel
Sharp and raw

I sketched these stones, each one a drawing
Pencil, charcoal or ink, the drawings are
Black and white
There are grey areas
There, I feel tenderness
There, I linger on and try to understand my loss

Five years later I made these porcelain stones
Sharp edges meeting the soft touch of hands

Each stone bears a QR code
A modern symbol of sharing and connecting
Behind the code lies a positive thought
my gratitude to all the kindness I received

Time is the best healer, keep rolling

Still
I miss you dearly, the rock of my life.

Yuk Kan Yeung
26 October 2023