The Faceless Behind the Mask
「顏面何存」
17 OCT — 16 NOV 2025
Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong
Oscar Chan Yik Long, Lau Wai, Daniel Felstead & Jenn Leung, Angela Su, Ailsa Wong, Ricky Yeung Sau Churk
陳翊朗、劉衛、Daniel Felstead & 梁琬琪、徐世琪、黃雅珊、楊秀卓
“The Faceless Behind the Mask” is an exhibition that explores the liminal space of a world increasingly void of definable humanity. It peers into the fragile performance of the self, questioning every entity that wears a mask to imitate the human—including the adopted persona, the virtual avatar, the artificial intelligence, and the human who is demonized or dehumanized due to social norms.
Rooted in the ancient ritual of Halloween—where costumes were worn not only to become monsters but to trick unseen spirits by camouflaging among them—the exhibition examines the dual nature of the mask as both disguise and shield. This primordial urge to transform, to evade, or to deceive now permeates our digital and psychological landscapes: the uncanny artifice of deepfakes, the alien sprawl of AI slop, and the pervasive unease of mental fracture. Here, the mask is no longer worn for a single night—it has become a perpetual condition.
The artworks serve as portals into these liminal zones, probing what lies behind the human semblance. They traverse the animism of digital entities, the psychedelic splintering of identity, and the engineered horror of cinematic illusion. It features video, painting, mixed media, and installation works by internationally acclaimed and emerging local artists and concludes with the lecture performance Monsters of Circumstance by Xavier Le Roy examining the monsters we choreograph to cloak our fears.
Prepare to step into the liminality—to question the performance of what is real, and to glimpse what stirs behind the mask you thought was your own.
當代藝術展覽「顏面何存」深入探討身份與人類之間的灰色地帶，質疑真實自我如何在一個趨向假象與虛擬形象主導世界中的表現。
展覽靈感源自萬聖節的古老儀式—人們透過穿戴服飾來融入看不見的靈體之中，以面具作為媒介，表達出偽裝與防護的雙重角色，同時藉此檢視人們在數碼世界與心理層面中充斥的轉變與欺瞞，從深度偽造的恐怖詭異，到心理裂痕所帶來的不安，為觀眾帶來一場關於身份、真實和虛構的深度對話。
精心策劃的展覽旨在激發觀眾反思和自省，匯聚國際知名及本地新晉藝術家，透過裝置藝術、錄像、繪畫、混合媒體及互動體驗等多元作品，邀請觀眾重新思考「面具」背後的真我。重點展品包括來自曾代表香港參與第59屆威尼斯視藝雙年展外圍展本地藝術家徐世琪，以及榮獲 2025 年奧地利林茲電子藝術大獎（Prix Ars Electronica）的香港及紐約藝術家劉衛的作品。
法國著名編舞及舞蹈藝術家 Xavier Le Roy 將壓軸登場，表演作品「Monsters of Circumstance」，探索為掩飾人類恐懼而創造的「怪物」。
觀眾將被邀請走進這個模糊邊界，探索何為真實的表演，並窺探那個潛藏於自己所認定的面具背後的存在。
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Dual
Wigs, rotating devices, clay and soil
183 x 40 x 50 cm
2025
Dual primarily consists of two 2-meter-long wigs, a rotating platform, and a wooden pillar wrapped in gray clay, standing 1.7 meters tall. A rotating platform is installed on each side of the pillar, along with the wigs. The platforms rotate alternately with a mechanical rhythm, resembling breathing; when one side is activated, the other remains still.
The work refers to the philosophical concept of dread. Dread is not the everyday fear; rather, it is a deep tremor and anxiety faced when confronted with freedom, nothingness, and existence itself.
Here, hair becomes the material evidence of memory. It belongs to the body yet is detached from it, intertwining consciousness/spirit between life and death. When driven by mechanical forces and continuously spinning, it sees the body as a clock, performing an endless ritual, oscillating endlessly between matter and soul, life and death, stillness and motion.