Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Installation works often involve diverse types of media, materials and are large in scale. They are designed for a specific space to induce an immersive or conceptual experience among viewers. 

Introduction to installation art

Before making your own installation, let’s find out how Lam created her work: A Quarter of Pavilion. 

The Creative process of A Quarter of Pavilion

Your Art-making Activity: Installation art

Resource Kit Overview

Artist Introduction

Video Viewing and appreciation

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Jaffa Lam will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Jaffa Lam

Visual Arts

The Arts

A Chinese pavilion stands at the end of the passage. Sheltering underneath, one might have the illusion of being in Suzhou or Hangzhou, cities famous for the scenery in the rain.

A Quarter of Pavilion is the highlight of the “Micro Economy” project. It is hard to imagine this elegant and picturesque work is in fact a collection of old fabrics from abandoned umbrellas woven together. The way classical ideals are presented by innovative means echoes with the artist’s early approach in art.

A quarter of pavilion_Jaffa Lam.jpg

A quarter of pavilion

Materials: Recyclable umbrella fabrics, along with thread and rope.

1. The artist suggested the design concept and discussed with the female garment workers the possibility of collaboration.

3. They created the work with the patterns.

4. They used a white fabric to create a sample

5. They removed the umbrella fabric from the umbrella.

7. They cut the fabrics into an appropriate size for the sewers.

8. The garment workers sewed the umbrella fabrics together.

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Jaffa Lam

The Creative process of A Quarter of Pavilion

A Quarter of Pavilion