劉峻豪
Chun Hao Liu
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Solaris, 2025
Cement, iron oxide, metal struts
28.5 x 11.25 x 11.75”
Cast in concrete from the artist’s father’s wine bottles and plates, the work originates from domestic objects repurposed in the father’s garden to contain motors, soil, and fish feed. The artist’s father, whose name 鴻興 phonetically resembles “red star,” altered the original functions of these objects, displacing the social expectations attached to them.
Referencing Sara Ahmed’s Happy Objects, the work addresses how such functional shifts reconfigure the meanings and emotional associations assigned to everyday objects. Through concrete casting, the artist further transforms these items, fixing them as temporal fragments that register moments in which function, memory, and personal conceptions of happiness are reassembled. As concrete casts, the objects continue to transform through the perceptions of different viewers, extending beyond specific time and space.