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paper-thin porcelain feathers

A Flash Back: Paper-thin porcelain feathers… Fresh from the kiln on 11.11.2012 in my JCCAC art studio.

So yes, I’ve been crazy busy for the past few weeks working non-stop on various art-related stuff… From fitting out my new studio space to setting up art exhibitions and helping with the art gallery! All these left me exhausted with no time nor energy to work on anything else. Hence Ztampf! has been hibernating. But worry not, comes summer… Ztampf! will wake up with new zing!

Here are some pics to get a glimpse! More, better pics will hopefully come up soon :)

In case you have been wondering why I have been very quiet lately, well… I am participating in a group exhibition put together as an accompaniment show for the ARTHK12, featuring works by contemporary Indonesian artists: Earthly Evocations. My interactive art installation “Freedom Is A Collaborative Effort” is part of this show which opens in about 30 minutes from now! Exciting!

Freedom is a Collaborative Effort.
Yes, that’s what I believe. This is the title (and the theme) of my latest artwork, currently showing at a group art exhibition in my hometown Jakarta, Indonesia: “Motion/Sensation” Kinetic Art in Indonesia. August 4 – 21 2011, Mon – Sun 10:00 – 21:30 at the Exhibition Hall, Lower Ground Floor, East Mall, Grand Indonesia.

It is an interactive kinetic art installation. Pull the thread and the wings will flap away. The more people participate, the more vigorous the wings will flap! Freedom is not a static state, you have to continue working on it to keep it. Click the photo below to see the wings flapping in a little clip I made with my iPhone!

You can go to http://art.liefhung.com to see more of my artworks.

Wondering where have I been gone to? Looking for the  Ztampfever #51? No, it hasn’t been released yet!

I have just been back to Hong Kong after a 5-week trip to my hometown Jakarta, Indonesia for my solo art exhibition ‘Corporeal Dream’. You can read the review in the Jakarta Post here (in English) and another one in Tempo Weekly here (in Indonesian). To view the exhibition and the works shown there, click here.

While in Jakarta, I got to spend time with my old folks and my old friends too! It was especially wonderful since my older brother and his family who live in Toronto is visiting as well. Oh and my youngest brother and his lovely wife have just been blessed with a super adorable baby boy too. So you see, plenty to take over my life and took away my time and energy from Ztampfing! But don’t worry, I’ll get back to it very soon :).

Until then!