Tam Man Ho (1998) born in Hong Kong, he graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at Baptist University in 2020. His works includes photography, new media and mixed media, and Tam often takes the existence of himself and the world as the starting point to explore different issues in the life.
Covid-19 has been sustaining for two years. no one knows when the circle will end. Following the government, they have been releasing a lot of policies for controlling the virus outbreak. After a long time, some unspoken rules were developed between the citizens under this pandemic. Also, 1.5 meters has become a social distance that people are taking for granted, the second half of the exhibition’s name is 1.6meters which is questioning the rigidity of anti-epidemic regulations. Under the new normal of the pandemic, what kind of myth was produced? In “Inside the room 1.6M”, Tam through the images and objects to rearrange the symbol and myth that let the audience gazing the rule in the pandemic again.

In this day, people are used to check the temperature before enter indoor. People who do not meet the normal temperature are not allowed to enter. The artist tried to transform that into a game that was inspired by the childhood game – Statues. Through this performance the artist lets audience re-gazing at the power relations between person and society in the pandemic.

Venue address: H211, Hollywood Block, PMQ, Central