Preface [序言]

Recalling the past, it’s like revisiting a busy restaurant. It’s like being a kid again, hiding under tables packed with people. 

Every noise creates its own vibrant scene, a wild mix of bold colors where soft meets hard and toughness intertwines with gentleness. Tough yet sweet. 

Thinking of how grandpa used to carefully place a towel on his pillow. It’s funny how we think objects can carry a person just as much as the person will carry the object. It’s an odd sort of magic how life can end up anywhere, isn’t it?

Imagine a world of monochrome shades and vibrant blues, some details crisp as a winter morning, others blurred like a dream at dawn. This is the canvas of Yip’s creativity, her inner world spilling over into tangible reality. She travels between different mediums, tracing the invisible threads that bind her to the universe and its myriad mysteries. Perhaps her art is born from an unusually keen awareness of objects, or maybe it’s an intimate exploration of herself through her interactions with others. Either way, it transforms into something more profound – a silent symphony of love for all things non-living yet deeply connected to our existence. It’s as if she weaves these connections into a cosmic map, guiding us through her journey of self-discovery.

This solo exhibition is an effort to unravel the primary elements of her artistic journey. It also marks the first extensive display of her four-year creative exploration during her university years.

記憶的重現，喧鬧的茶樓、逼迫的枱底停留了孩時的寧靜；

顆粒如噪音，渲染了強烈的色彩，柔中有剛，剛中有柔。

回察爺爺的生活習慣，一條毛巾平整地鋪在枕頭上，

多情寄於物，見物如見人，物與人之間的情是怎樣的呢？

白與黑、灰和藍、分明的、毛絮的、細絲成形的、縫縫補補的……

這些閱讀到的元素暗示創作者矛盾的相即。

葉氏似乎在以一件件不同媒介的作品探索著自己與外部世界的關係，或是對物件的一種敏感觸覺，她能從自己和他人之間的聯繫當中探索自我，這種情感而又轉化成對物件難以名狀的汎愛。 

是次個展，既是嘗試梳理葉氏創作的主軸，亦是第一次完整地將大學四年藝術探索過程所見所聞的呈現。