Gradient Nation No.1-5, 2020, digital print on fabric, 120 x 80 cm each, set of 5

Synchronised Uncertainty, 2020, stereo sound, speakers, 2’20”

The hanging fabrics depict gradient of colours derived from images of large groups of people gathering in public, a scene that has become rare since the pandemic. The colours are picked out by the single digital pixel from various found images, then blended together to hang in a vertical flag position. The sound content consists of two parts: recording of the artist’s walking footsteps represented as a group of people; and gradually changing to the artist practicing a marching drum roll on the snare drum. The audio is mixed to pan between left and right, with one side perfectly in sync, while the opposite side is completely out of sync.

The work is a continual exploration of Leung’s interest in uncertainty of a body of people, a society, a nation, who live in an uncertain time - a time that is volatile, confused, and uneasy. In some way, the work tries to translate a tension when stepping into the midst of a process, struggling between choosing sides, evoking a desire to identify with an appropriate place to stand. Through visual and audio articulations, the installation hopes to find meaning between binary oppositions - order and chaos, individual and communal, left and right. Whether in sync or out of sync, it is also the gathering of people that allows the gradient of colours to show endless possibilities for new emergence.