DOUBLE DOUBLE
Writings/ Photographs/ Poetry/ Archives
A Holly Lee and Lee Ka-sing online magazine. Published on Fridays.
李家昇黃楚喬網上雜誌，逢星期五出版
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CURRENT WORK
Sushi Grass in Paradise (A story)
written by Holly Lee
with photographs by Lee Ka-sing
(39) Street Mapping
The first building opposite the library on Gladstone Avenue is Hakim Optical shop. Sharing this rather long and rectangular three-stories red brick complex is WWCC, Working Women Community Centre, a charitable organization since 1974. The integral part of its mission is dealing with newcomer settlement services, offering programmes supporting immigrant women and improving the lives of their families. On the unusually wide, extended pedestrian path, Chai and Mrs. Bento stopped to look at a beautiful mosaic panel.
“This mosaic work is quite extraordinary, particularly the cutting of a big round circle for people to look through,” said Chai, moving closer to the round glass window. “It’s a small garden, it’s too bad that the bushes and shrubs were not well maintained.”
“We’ve always seen this mosaic wall from a distance when we visit the library, but just too lazy to find out.” Mrs. Bento fell back a few steps, squinting her eyes to inspect the mural art. “I see now it’s full of free flowing lives. A tree with deep roots dividing a huge butterfly and a sizeable kite, both flying happily above the pond. Hey, there’s a big tortoise swimming in the water too. You’re right, the hole is a curious one and does provide a window for us to, I’d say, to look beyond…wait there’s some information here about the work.” Mrs. Bento moved to the side of the mosaic wall, which was almost two feet thick. An acknowledgement of the participants creating this mural was installed. The names of seven Latin American immigrants, led by local artists Amelia Jimenez and Lynn Hutchinson Lee worked for a year to finish the project. Named Mapping Our Path - it painted a joyful recap of a new life as well as a beautiful painting that the nearby community can enjoy.
Walking on Gladstone Avenue was such a pleasure. They walked zigzag on the street, depending on which side the cars were parked. The vehicles could be obstructive to their view and they preferred to stroll on the open side. In a late Summer mid-day, they could still hear buzzings of cicadas from tree to tree, a wonderful symphony of sound producing rises and falls in both pitch and volume. The soughing of the wind in the branches, the leaves rustled ever so gently wave after wave. From time to time they had to use their hands to cap off the sun so they could have a better look at dwellings left and right.
The homes were mostly early 20th century two stories detached, semi-detached or row houses. The architectural styles were quite mixed and Chai was busily taking pictures for her log book. As she was snapping Mrs. Bento called over from the other side, “Look Chai, look at this tree. It’s got a lot of shoes hanging on its branches.”
"Sushi Grass in Paradise" is an on-going story. To read the full length version with previous chapters, please visit- https://oceanpounds.com/blogs/sushi-grass-in-paradise
VINTAGE WORK
FORTY POEMS by Lee Ka-sing
A series of photographs each measuring 8.5x12 inch, dye sublimation print. (work year: 1995-1996)
The first stage of my FORTY POEMS series was in a group exhibition in the Hong Kong Arts Centre (1995). The completed series was shown at Tower Gallery in Yokohama in 1996, an exhibition curated by Iizawa Kotario (飯沢 耕太郎). The show later toured to the Prinz Gallery, Kyoto and to the Atrium in Fukuoka. In 2001, this suite of vintage prints was shown in Fotogalerie Wien, in RE-CONSIDERED CROSSINGS: REPRESENTATION BEYOND HYBRIDITY, an exhibition of nine contemporary photographers from Hong Kong. In 2015 almost 20 years after the series was created, these vintage pints were shown in Toronto along with some earlier and vintage work in the exhibition WALKING SMOKE at Gallery 50. The complete suite of vintage print is now in the collection of M+ Museum in Hong Kong.
The original idea of the FORTY POEMS was to make forty 8x10 inch photographs as a suite. When all photographs are grouped together, it becomes a piece of completed work. As it happened, I didn’t make all 40 photographs, finishing only about 30 pieces. In 1998, in the process of working on the monograph FORTY POEMS (with publishing grant from Hong Kong Art Development Council), I edited the suite down to 20 images.
Two Pieces of Porcupine Hair at a Crossed Position, 1995
The Clock and a Classical Interpretation of Time, 1995
Think Poetry, 1995
The Dictionary of Love, 1995
Flying Object, 1995
Si-ling And Her Butterfly, 1995
Tribute to Jess, Max Ernst, and Tadanori Yokoo, 1995
An Unsent Letter to PK, About Location, 1995
To Shamao and Ushioda About Pictograph and Seismogram, 1995
Movement Control Panel And The Other Argument, 1995
A Tin Aeroplane I Bought In Vietnam, 1995
The Conversation, 1995
Face Structure With Spirals, 1995
The Red Ribbon And Other Stories, 1995
The Hero Playing A Red Rubber Band, 1995
Clockwork Movement, 1995
About Flying, 1995
Human Figure And The Sense Of Gravity, 1995
The Globe, And Flower Appreciation, 1995
Yellow Star, 1995
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DOUBLE DOUBLE
Issue 1101-2019
A Holly Lee and Lee Ka-sing online magazine. Published on Fridays.
Published by Ocean and Pounds and archived at oceanpounds.com
All rights Reserved.
Selective items in this publication are available at the OCEAN POUNDS online shop. For items featured in CURRENT WORK, VINTAGE, ARTIFACT, PUBLICATION, OBJECT, BOOKSCAPE and COLLECTION, please send a request to: mail@oceanpounds.com.
If you are a researcher or writer and want to use the material, please write us in advance. Some of the materials might have different level of copyrights involved.
Not to miss a single issue, please subscribe to DOUBLE DOUBLE Release Notification. Visit - http://doubledouble.org
DOUBLE DOUBLE previous issues were archived at -
https://oceanpounds.com/blogs/doubledouble
leekasing.com is a portal website for current and earlier works. Apart from exhibitions, Holly and Ka-sing use extensively web platforms to display photography and writing projects. Contact us for a detail list of links.
Holly and Ka-sing currently live in Toronto with their daughter Iris, and their cat Sukimoto.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++