Lydia Lai

Those Shadows on the Ground and Distant Chatter in the Halls and Loud Buzz on the Terrace are a pair of screen prints that represent recollections of my past home in Hong Kong. Those Shadows combines the pattern found on brick walls of apartment buildings in Hong Kong for ventilation purposes with images of an older model of wall fan that is commonly used in each household. Loud Buzz depicts the outdoor air conditioning units often installed on apartment terraces in Hong Kong and represents a familiar and personal sound from my life.

Lydia Lai is an emerging artist and designer who specialises in screen and relief printing. Her work explores her relationship with the changing urban landscape of Hong Kong, capturing and retelling the visual experiences of being in and around its unique public housing architecture while exploring themes of memory, childhood, nostalgia, and temporariness.