Chloë Cheuk

Deep Cleansing

Ellephant Gallery
04.03 - 28.03.20 Cleansing, is to remove contaminants from something in order to reach a comfort level. Cleansing is about removal, forgetting, willingly, unwillingly, selectively or indiscriminately. Contaminants in an ethical sense, can be considered as heterogeneous form that causes uneasiness. The “final solution” to remove the dirt is by deep cleansing. Do we have a choice to
remember the truth, the experience, our feelings while historical records are being re-interpret and denied, asking us to just move forward, but not dwelling on the past mistakes. In the exhibition, the artist would like to investigate the term deep cleansing and freeze the process of it by using hygienic objects to express the frustration of the conflict between remembering the truth that is being washed away or distorted. Memory is ephemeral, is washable, is eradicable, is cleansable. Deep Cleansing is about using our way of protecting our safety by washing and sanitizing ourselves. It is an analogy of how memory is faded by washing away strategically. The exhibition is more like a multi disciplinary exhibition that will show sculpture (ceramic and kinetic), video, photos, two dimensional pieces.