“I DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, BUT I’M GOING SOMEWHERE…”
A solo exhibition by Thomas C. Chung
“I Don’t Know Where I’m Going, But I’m Going Somewhere…” is an art installation, that deals with sensation, simulation and a current interpretation of that age-old condition ‘Loneliness’.
Moving away from the existentialist tendencies that cyberspace represents, and backwards to our primary sources of communication, touch, taste, smell, sound and sight, the artist’s work aims at highlighting the sensory by denying access to it. Creating spaces of fantasies through referencing childhood, play and games, the work shines a light upon private isolated experiences - in this case, from that of a child.
Crocheting sculptures of food that you cannot taste, and creating landscapes of imaginary tea parties to set the scene, the art installation deals with the idea of memories, and that the associated needs that we have with them, are essential in learning about who we really are as individuals.
Food as escapism is often used in his practice as a form of dealing with the feelings one might want to suppress, especially when one is still a child. Dreams, indulgence and imagination are key aspects to the stories behind their creations.
Chung’s work weaves difficult issues about the world into the forms of toys, stories and lost memories - giving the viewer a detached, simulated experience.
Born in Hong Kong in 1981, Thomas C. Chung is an Australian artist based in Sydney and Scandinavia.
In 2004, Chung completed his BFA at the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales. For the past 6 years, he has received various artist-in-residency opportunities, travelling to New London (USA), Gothenburg (Sweden), Kemijärvi (Finland), and most recently Drammen (Norway). Since 2008, Chung has exhibited in 6 solo exhibitions and has shown in 2011 at the Lands Museum (Norway) and Kherson Local Lore Museum (Ukraine).
Chung is currently represented by Galleri Athene (Norway) and Galerie Tante Netty (Netherlands).
