WAI IP


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selected artworks

quiet containment 
thisspaceintentionallyblank
timeless time
documented awareness with the lost one
Identity of an artwork
to ashes from ashes
Domestic Singularity
KARMA CYCLE
meditation/ walk/ lottery centre
FOREVER X CHANGE 永續找換店
Qingdao Lotus Pond
Daily Routine : Gymnastic Exercise
Pepper
3rd September, 2015
The Coming Society

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Wai Ip  (they/them) is a Hong Kong conceptual/performance artist currently based in London, whose work examines the impermanent nature of human experience.   As a migrant, they navigates the intricate ontological terrain that is sculpted by the relentless forces of vicinity performing upon us, including geographic dislocation, fluctuating political scenarios, and the swift pace of technological progress. Their artwork not only provokes deep introspection but also acts as a mirror reflecting the myriad challenges and necessary adaptations faced by the identity of artist in our rapidly transforming society. 

Wai’s artwork has been exhibited at galleries and art shows in New York, Hong Kong, Canada, France and across South East Asia. They is currently enrolled in the first year of MFA fine art at Goldsmiths, University of London.


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13.2016Pepper

single-channel video 0’27/ performance documented by camera


Pepper spray derived from essence of pepper is the most common form of restrain used by the police for crowd control.  When grounded pepper, a key component of pepper spray is sprinkled from the window of Ip’s apartment, it blows with the wind onto the sidewalk. In such occasions, pepper in the air failed to raise any eyebrow from the pedestrians.  When confronted by the oppressors, people can’t help but feel the right and privilege they are born with being striped away.