The (#) Memories by ViFong Chan at Saan1
Maja Lorkowska, Exhibitions EditorSaan1 welcomes artist ViFong Chan with his exhibition of paintings The (#) Memories.
The work explores ideas of migration and focuses specifically on the the stories of Hongkongers who have relocated to the United Kingdom since 2020, taking a look at the emotional journey that accompanies such a life-changing decision and the new lives they are creating.
The artist uses his own story as a starting point. Visually, he takes facial profiles of the people he’s working with and combines them with a set of numbers, each picture symbolises the journey of creating a new home and new hope. The numbers themselves tell a story; each set of numbers is a projection of personal emotions, a private little space for an individual.