Stephanie Teng: 8 Minutes From the Sun at Square Gallery

This exhibition is a philosophical and poetic performance expressed in photomaking. Because taking a mirror to your happy places to let yourself metaphorically reflect on the present and past, while seeing the mirror literally reflecting the surrounding present, that is immediately changing into the past, is pure philosophy. And catching the magic golden light, always eight minutes later than it was released from the surface of the Sun, is utterly poetic.
And as that mirror covered with black paint is holding within it the history of each of those reflected scenes, each photograph captured and preserved one of those moments. The whole gallery space is turned into a breathing glowing installation, aiming to re-create the feel of those minutes. Don’t even look at my photos, go experience it yourself.

Exhibition period: 22 December—22 February
Gallery address: 21 Square Street, Sheung Wan