Curated by 策劃: C & G Artpartment
Exhibition Dates 展覽日期: 11 Apr- 2 May 2026
Opening with Live Art Performance 開幕暨藝術家行為藝術展演:
11 Apr, 2026, 3:30pm
Exhibition Time 展覽時間: Wed - Sat, 1:00 - 5:30pm
Venue 地點: C & G Artpartment, 71 Holme Lane, S6 4JP, Sheffield, UK
Artist 藝術家： Jessie Tam
*Welcome to view by appointment, out of the regular hours, just email info@CandG-Artpartment.com.

About the Exhibition:

This exhibition is an extension of “Exhibition Proposal Exhibition” held at C & G Artpartment two years ago. After two years of transformations and dialogues, C & G are happy to work with Jessie Tam, one of the participating artists at the time, to plan and realise her solo exhibition at our space. The “extended transformation” of the curatorial project echos the “extended development” found in the artist’s works.

“It Has to be Apart It Has to Be Alone” is a mixed media installation project Jessie developed when studying in the Netherlands in 2019-2021, in response to the political turmoil in her hometown, Hong Kong. It has been showcased three times, first in jungganjijeom, Seoul 2020, then in Hong Kong in 2023 and 2024. The version in Seoul is mainly objects-led, while the Hong Kong version, included a performance of an eyeball maniac dressed like a cleaning lady, and an artist book set. These act as a support, to expand on the narration and make the project easier to understand. In its third iteration, the performance was translated into a video work, allowing the character and narrative to evolve through a different medium.

She has transformed the distorted eyeballs and developed this into a mixed media installation, continuing to collect and use disposed of items to create a sense of place, to hold emotional frequencies and stories captured in her journey. She aimed to use materials to tell political stories and resist limitations, acting as an important analogy and metaphor in times of political upheaval, censorship, diaspora, displacement, a universal experience. However, it is also a very indirect, personal, subjective experience and interpretation she has towards a changing home place and home itself.

Echoing the poetic context and the history of C & G Artpartment as a site for politically engaged artistic practices, the project explores how displacement, political, geographical and cultural, can be articulated through material practice, writing and spatial encounters. The project asks: what does displacement mean within artist's own experience of movement between places and contexts? Can displaced materials hold the emotional traces of a place? How might ideas of home and belonging emerge through the creative process, and how can experiences of displacement be translated into spatial and curatorial forms?


是次展覽乃兩年前於C & G藝術單位舉行名為《展覽計劃展覽》的延伸，時移勢逆，輾轉經過兩年的變奏，決定邀請當時其中一位展出藝術家Jessie Tam，落實參與籌劃其個展。藝術計劃的「延伸變奏」，呼應藝術家一系列作品的「延伸變奏」。

這混合媒材裝置項目是Jessie於於 2019–2021 年在荷蘭求學期間發展完成，以緩解香港政治動盪帶來的悲傷與困惑。2020年首次在首爾展出，再於2023及2024年在香港展出。首爾版本以物件為主導，而香港版本則擴展了敘事形式，加入了一場由「眼球狂人」扮作清潔女工的表演，以及藝術家書籍套裝。這些元素作為敘事支撐，延伸作品故事，使觀眾更易理解。在第三次展出時，該表演被轉化為影像作品，讓角色與敘事透過不同媒材進一步發展。

展品中扭曲的眼球形態，進一步發展為混合媒材裝置。持續收集被丟棄的物件，Jessie構築了一個可承載情感頻率與旅程的空間。透過這些材料，她試圖以間接方式敘述政治情境、抵抗各種限制。在政治動盪、審查、流散的時代，材料成為隱喻，承載共有、又深具個人的故鄉變化經驗。

呼應詩性語境與 C & G Artpartment 作為政治性藝術實踐場域的歷史，本項目探討如何透過材料實踐、書寫與空間相遇表達離散與錯置——無論是政治、地理或文化層面。本計畫提出一系列問題：在藝術家自身於不同地方與語境之間移動的經驗中，「displacement」究竟意味著什麼？被移置的材料是否能承載一個地方的情感痕跡？「家」與「歸屬感」是否能在創作過程中浮現，而離散的經驗，又如何能被轉化為可感知的空間與策展形式？

展覽由2026年4月11日開始，至5月2日結束。展覽費用全免，歡迎各位參觀。

About the artist:

Jessie Tam （b. 1993, Hong Kong）is an interdisciplinary artist from based in Manchester, UK. Extending beyond drawing, sculpture, site-specific installation and writing, she explores themes of memory, (be)longing, displacement, and the changing notion of ‘home’. Through physical and narrative fragments, she crafts delicate scenes where found objects and subtle pictorials evoke the simplicity and fragility of everyday life.

Her work involves household items and thin materials, such as PVC and glass. Focusing on translucency and reflection, Tam transfigures domesticity, cherishing what is residual and unassuming. Through her drawings and installations, she amplifies memories embedded in spaces, navigating uncertainty with persistence and nostalgia with hope.

Jessie Tam （b. 1993，香港）是一位視覺藝術家，現生活及工作於英國曼徹斯特。她的創作橫跨繪畫、雕塑、裝置及寫作，探索記憶、歸屬感與「家」的流動概念。她透過碎片化的敘事與物件構成細膩的場景，以拾得物和隱約的圖像喚起日常生活中簡單而脆弱的時刻。

她的作品常使用家居物件與薄透材質，如 PVC 與玻璃，並關注透明、反射與光線的關係。透過繪畫與裝置，她重新轉化日常的空間，珍視那些微小、殘留而不顯眼的事物，並在不確定之中保存記憶和尋找希望。