INDOOR/OUTDOOR
01 July 1- 30 August, 2002
When you stay at home
most of the time,
being a housewife, or
being an artist
you find
travel
a necessity.
You find
travel
a
necessary change.
In the display
I use
toilet seat covers
from
planes (Air Canada)
They symbolize
travel.
I use
Kleenex (Food Basics)
They symbolize
domestic life.
Why Kleenex?
Every evening, I put a piece of Kleenex
and a measuring cup, my drinking cup, on top.
I put them upside down. I worry about the
rodents and the bugs.
The cicada sounds
I taped in Hong Kong
in May
symbolize
outdoors.
“The sounds
tell
the
ripening
of the
Lichee fruit,”
people say.
For me
it also
means
home, my childhood home.
May Chan is a Kingston artist who does performance and installation work. Chan graduated from Queen’s University (BAE) and York University (BFA). She has exhibited in Kingston and internationally.