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Installation view of "Mothering" at PHD Group, 2025. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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MOTHERING

November 29, 2025 - February 14, 2026
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Installation view of "Mothering" at PHD Group, 2025. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

Chan Ting, Michele Chu, Liao Wen, Yuko Mohri, Sasaoka Yuriko, Tan Jing, Pam Virada, Wang Xu, Xi Jiu, and Zheng Mahler

起初,我們試圖鏟除這些纖弱的綠植——那些帶着淤紫色斑點的細長枝葉。它們從粗礪的水泥縫裏鑽出,沿着管道與欄桿蔓延,佔據了畫廊天台上連颱風乾旱都難以觸及的每個角落。我們不知道它們在此已經扎根了多久,但見其瘋長之勢,令人心驚。

我們沒想到將它們連根拔起竟然如此輕易,只需猛力一扯,淺根便連着沙塵整簇離地。某個夏天,我們花費了數小時檢視天台每道縫隙,機械般抹去這些植物的蹤跡。但次月,它們又悉數重生。

在查證物種時我們得知這種植物名為「落地生根」(mother of thousands)。這種植物通過在葉緣萌發新芽進行無性繁殖,幼株在落地前就已生出細小白根。我們被它們頑強的求生意志折服,任其沿着牆垣與我們的盆栽生長。

兩年前,在上次群展「Tendering」結束後不久,我們注意到它們長出了尖刺狀花苞。待到三月,洋紅色的鐘形花冠次第綻放,纖薄的花瓣泛着微光。奇妙的是,開花後母株竟相繼枯萎。資料顯示這是母體為開花耗盡能量的常態,此過程有個特別的名稱:死亡綻放。

在質疑時間本質及其不斷生成的可能性的過程中,我們找到了本次展覽的標題「Mothering」。在社會語境中,我們將孕育與生命誕生過程視作奇跡——這種便利的敘事既抹去了女性的勞動,又將她們的身體降格為容器——然而生長過程總帶着某種無情。要塑造生命,就避不開暴力與悲慟,衝突與失去。成長從來不只是概念,更是肉身的變化,是闖入自我的陌生訪客,時常令人謙卑,偶爾令人驚懼。
我們都經歷着這樣的悖論:想要治癒必須成長,想要成長必經磨礪。群展始終是我們沉思空間意義的精神儀式,在開幕閉幕、藝博會與差旅的日常運作中辟出片刻喘息。在審視合作藝術家作品時,我們在每種創作實踐中發現內省的轉向,那些致敬無形存在——有時超越人類維度——塑造新生命的元素。孕育是誕生,是滋養,更是尋覓另類且常伴隨陣痛的成長路徑——就像從母株墜落的幼芽,帶着瑩白根系,隨時準備新生。

任何關於展覽或媒體的查詢,請聯絡info@phdgroup.art。關於作品銷售的查詢,請聯絡Willem Molesworth(willem@phdgroup.art)或Ysabelle Cheung(ysabelle@phdgroup.art)。

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