If my hand could catch light is a series of objects documenting the artist's attempt to 'grab' an image out of thin air. Photographic emulsion was painted on the artist's hand in order to make it light sensitive. A photograph of the hand and in reverse shows the capture image. The remnants of skin is peeled of and displayed within the archival box.

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If my hand could catch light is a performance for a camera shown as a part of Capturing an Image, a solo exhibition at Lumenvisum gallery in Hong Kong.

 

Capturing an Image is the culmination of objects, self-documentary images and ephemera presenting Heyse Ip’s practice. He plays on the dual meaning of ‘to capture’ as a starting point to explore other performative gestures besides the ‘clicking of a button’. The collection of absurd apparatus and images reveals the scenarios in which he ‘re-imagines’ the physical act of image making. The series’ of works are as much about the theatrical process as it is about the final image.

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