Highlighted Events > CHAT's Winter Programme 2023
11/11/2023 - 13/2/2024

Jakkai Siributr: Everybody Wanna Be Happy

Organised by CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile)

When the COVID-19 global pandemic broke out in 2020, Siributr created textile pieces like Yellow Fever and White Plague which depict the racist attacks and discriminations that the pandemic exposed, but also proactively used his art to alleviate the situation by supporting workers who have been made redundant due to the pandemic. For the exhibition at CHAT, Siributr has created new works using uniforms worn by people in Hong Kong who also suffered a negative impact on their livelihood due to the pandemic.

Siributr’s works break free from both conventional craft — which often shies away from innovation — and the lineage of Western modernism in textile and fibre art. Through an investigation of the diverse and sometimes materialistic endeavours humans undertake in search of happiness, visitors are invited to reflect on the meaning of this elusive emotion. The exhibition poses a range of questions: What brings us happiness? Wealth, status, love, or fame? And, what do we rely on to find happiness? Can we be happy alone?

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