tsang kin-wah at the hong kong museum of art

tsang king-wah, 'it would be better if you have never been born'
hong kong museum of art, hong kong
may 22nd to august 9th, 2009


image courtesy of pékin fine arts

on now at the hong kong museum of art as part of the 'louis vuitton: a passion for creation'
group exhibition, is tsang kin-wah's video installation, 'it would be better if you have never been born'.

using computers, projectors and speakers, video projections of text, swirl around on the ceiling -
a mass of jumbled words that question our greedy existence and character:

(excerpts from text)
the one / the night / the kiss / the love / the body / the soul / the nature / the artifice / the goodness /
the evilness / the devil / and ... the money

the lust / the gluttony / the greed / the sloth / the wrath / the envy / the pride

your one / your night / your kiss / your love / your body / your soul / your nature / your artifice /
your goodness / your evilness / your devil / your ... the money


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the contention and the robbery
the violence and the banditry
the perversion and the chaos
the envy and the hatred
the desires and the betrayal

quickly
do it quickly
just do it and do it quickly
do quickly that you want to do
do quickly what you have to do
in your fucking life


image courtesy of pékin fine arts


image courtesy of pékin fine arts


image courtesy of pékin fine arts


image courtesy of pékin fine arts

truly, truly, he says it to you, you are not on your side
truly, truly, you say to yourself, you are not on your side
truly, truly, he says to you, you will betray yourself
truly, truly, you say to yourself, you will betray yourself


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the nature and the essence
your nature and your essence

the evil, the devil
you evil, you devil
your evil, your devil
your shadow, his $hadow

the dark side of god and the dark side of you
he is finished and you are finished

victory over materialist world
victory over $piritualist world


image courtesy of pékin fine arts


image courtesy of pékin fine arts

it would be better for you if you had never been born
it would be better for him if you had never been born
it would be better for the whole world if you had never been born


image courtesy of pékin fine arts

back in 2005, tsang kin-wah designed 'f-ing t-shirt' for designboom.
the screen printed t-shirt which came in a limited edition of 100, sold out quickly.
as a follow-up, tsang collaborated with us and developed 'another f-ing t-shirt' in 2008.
there are still a few t-shirts available in the designboom shop!

tsang kin-wah was born in shantou, guangdong province, china and now lives
and works in hong kong. his video projections and installations, pose questions about
'truth' and 'reality', that make us consider the legitimacy of pre-existing things, ideas, and beliefs.