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A Review:

Walking through the land of Serra da Estrela is not simply a walk in straight forward enjoyment. Within the beautiful landscape with fantastic views and broad valleys, the observant viewer can see the sad leftovers of the forest fires that occurred over the past few years. Despite a surprisingly quick recovery, what I mean to say is that is has turned green again, we still see blackened tree stumps and burned down tree trunks all around us. Trees that have not yet been felled stand out as monuments on plains covered with new growth. - It reminds me of the black crows that Van Gogh painted in his landscapes. - This mutilated landscape has not recovered yet, it has not yet found its equilibrium, its balance. We undergo it as we would an ill or mutilated part of our body. A damaged part that requires our attention.

During the past weeks artist Sin Wah Lai, who has her roots in Hong Kong, has roamed the area in the vicinity of the Quinta da Brisa Suave, which is where the Out-Post gallery is situated. During her wanderings she has collected things that are exceptions, for instance leftovers from the fires, but also pinecones and branches that were torn off trees. She has not only collected worldly materials but concepts and meanings as well, for instance the influence of the warm sun and the name of the neighboring town Melo, meaning honey. By approaching it emphatically she experiences contact with the bees that produced the honey. In the same way she feels the presence of both the domesticated – and the wild animals in these surroundings. 

She not only collected worldly materials, she collected words as well, words to express her feelings, - collecting everything in a way in which a Japanese Haiku poet collects experiences and notes them down in carefully chosen words. -  With her words she made a handwritten collage on one of the walls. These words are connected by curved lines, creating a unity appealing to a personal (subjective) experience. 

The collection of objects has been displayed as an installation in such a way that it forms its own landscape. A landscape shaped by exceptions, - as if Van Gogh’s painted crows have been removed from the landscape and now form an artwork in itself. - The resulting play of light and shadow, give a major aesthetic meaning to the installation. 

Together the word collage and the installation show the viewer a subtle and paradoxically, a powerful way, enabling them to experience the history of the landscape. A history that can only be expressed by artistic methods. 


A Review of Sin Wah Lai's ResidencyBert Jonkers, Out-post Gallery, PT, 2021






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