Erased graffitis.

Remnants of torn down posters.

They are gestures, material realisations of power that silence voices.

 

The shapes in each print are taken from scans of remnants of torn posters or erased graffitis. The prints are the result of an ongoing experimentation on printmaking as a process of erasure and self-destruction.

 

Lam explores a language in her work that is beyond representation— an abstracted form of language reaching toward action itself. The current printing method allows only the subtle outline of the form to be visible due to the thickness of the ink.The seemingly redundant, simultaneous gestures of revelation and concealment could also be an act of resistance that “unerases”.

 

Oscillating between delicacy and violence, “Unerasure” questions: what constitutes language and violence? Must violence be visible? What does history look like?