As Trevor Yeung’s solo exhibition ‘Soft breath’ nears its conclusion, we extend an invitation to all for a special night of gathering, picnicking, and happenings.
In the meticulously constructed exhibition space reimagining a London cruising ground, where the ‘fuck tree’ has borne witness to generations of queer intimacies and encounters, Trevor Yeung will be joined by guest artists and creators to open up further interpretations of our connections with each other, with trees, and with natural beings across time and place—whether repressed or exposed, remembered or forgotten.
The evening features soundscape and yehu improvisation by Longman Luk. The soundscape is generated and translated from field recordings of natural sounds, whereas the yehu, a string instrument made from coconut shells, also appropriates nature in its materiality.
Jaime Chu will read from her text ‘Camera Eats First: Before All This’ that reflects upon interplay among amnesia, remembering, and bearing witness, musing on the role memory plays in our perception of time and agency, as well as the ways in which public and private memories intersect.
Wong Sin will also give a reading of her poem ‘Trees of Desires’, allegorically imagining entanglements of desires and loss in a woodland, beginning her reading by lying down and transitioning into an upright position to signal the trajectory from rest to rebirth.
Audio excerpts from Nicholas Wong’s ‘Gen X Odes’, co-translated by Chen Poyu, stages cruising in a multispecies parkland, disrupting the mundane yet alienated setting, with intimacies at times invisible and conflicted.
Trevor Yeung will wrap up the evening in conversation with Billy Tang, Executive Director and Curator, and Jessie Kwok, Assistant Curator, sharing his experience of making ‘Soft breath’ at Para Site.
Light refreshments and beverages will be available, while participants are also welcome to bring their own. The event is free and open to all, no RSVP required.
