Like tossing a coin straight into the air, every conclusion passes first through a pull between at least two poles. An overworked arm forces itself back into line and finds a place to rest; between comfort and discomfort, an illusion is always at work. The tools that measure the body are simultaneously thresholds of advance and retreat, and spear and shield are never ruled by the logic of attack and defence. A piercing wind is stopped by the weight of memory, and any fixed definition quietly encompasses both extension and reduction. Someone has struck down half of the moon’s shadow; fighting on while falling back becomes a compromise that is neither a pure counterattack nor simple evasion. The thief remains unfound; whether something is visible or not is enough to testify to its prior existence. A silent idol leans against the wall; fear and worship alike grow out of resistance. Thought stirs between one action and the next. Like a third wing. A river with only two banks has never existed, its stream direction is almost negligible, while the apparent converging and parting of countless side paths are what finally drown us.

Rico Lau’s solo exhibition The Cloven Viscount uses drawing as its method and takes body and site as its main loci, probing the inner multiplicity of things and the shifting relations between image, space, and body.
Opening: 5 - 7p.m. 5/6/2026 (Fri)

Venue address: 303 JCCAC, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei