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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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SASAOKA YURIKO: ANIMALE

March 22–May 24, 2025
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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

出生於大阪的藝術家笹岡由梨子在其創作實踐中,通過「整體藝術」裝置探索人類與自然世界之間曖昧的關係,這些裝置呈現出超現實主義的沉浸式景觀。她從泛靈論、化裝舞會、戲劇、木偶戲以及大阪的喜劇傳統中汲取靈感,其作品深入探討了關於自主性、死亡以及我們的自我敘事等根本問題。

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

Sasaoka Yuriko
Animale
2024–25
Twenty nine-channel video installation with color and sound: 4 min 50 sec, xylophone, metallophone, trumpet, drum, vintage toys, vintage fabric, sequins, beads, thread, wood, LED lights
238 x 605 x 175 cm

Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Video by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Working Cat – White (2025) and Working Dog – Yellow (2025) in "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Working Rabbit – Brown (2025) in "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Details of Animale (2024–25) at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Sasaoka Yuriko
Working Seal – Purple
2025
Three-channel video with color and sound: 1 min 20 sec, vintage toy seal, vintage fabric, monitors, universal board, sequins, thread
28 x 40 x 72 cm

Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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在展覽「Animale」中,笹岡由梨子研究了動物在社會中的歷史角色——從寓言中的動物、寵物到它們在政治外交和勞動中的角色。她的研究始於有關一隻名為佛伊泰克的敘利亞棕熊的故事,這只棕熊在二戰期間成為了堅韌意志的象徵。佛伊泰克幼年時便是孤兒,被波蘭士兵買下並納入麾下,參加他們的軍事行動,據說它曾幫助士兵搬運彈藥,還養成了抽煙和喝咖啡等人類才有的習慣。戰後,它被贈予愛丁堡動物園,那裏至今仍有一座用於緬懷它的紀念碑。

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

基於沃伊泰克的生活故事及其對人類行為的模仿,笹岡由梨子通過在柏林、愛丁堡和日本的駐留項目和創作,進一步拓展了對其他工作動物案例的研究。這些形象包括學校吉祥物、化妝品實驗動物以及蘇聯太空犬萊卡,它在1957年的一次太空旅行中不幸喪生。這項研究最終促成了「Animale」(2024–25),這是一件大型聲音影像裝置作品,其中包含的雕塑形似一系列野生及家養的動物,從兔子和狗到浣熊和海豚。

Sasaoka Yuriko
Animale
2024–25
Twenty nine-channel video installation with color and sound: 4 min 50 sec, xylophone, metallophone, trumpet, drum, vintage toys, vintage fabric, sequins, beads, thread, wood, LED lights
238 x 605 x 175 cm

Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Video by Felix SC Wong.

該裝置被容納在一個布滿帷幔和地毯的狂歡節式環境中,其中較大的圖騰式形象在演奏樂器,而較小的形象則被擺放在復古家具上,讓人聯想到玩具店或寵物店的陳列品。這些雕塑的眼睛和嘴巴處裝有屏幕,播放着藝術家自己的面部影像,而其身體則由復古填充玩具和回收布料製成,它們用日語歌唱:「你好! / 從今天起你就是我的爸爸啦 / 教教我吧,勞動 / 明天要勞動、後天要勞動、大後天和大大後天,五小時後就要起床 / 這樣的話,沒有工作的我還有吸引力嗎?」通過稱呼觀眾為「父親」,這件作品強調了在政治、精神和情感方面對人類指導的依賴。

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Installation view of Working Cat – White (2025) and Working Dog – Yellow (2025) in "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Working Rabbit – Brown (2025) in "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

這些可愛而又仿若科學怪人的「奇美拉」式生物通過回收的布料被復活,上演了一場具有儀式感的音樂劇,令人卸下防備並為之着迷。然而,這些擬人化的生物卻有着一種莫名的熟悉感。它們是人,還是動物?通過模糊這些界限,笹岡由梨子挑戰了我們的心理預設。循環往復、永無止境的「明天要勞動、後天要勞動、大後天要勞動」這一旋律暗示着,從狗到人類,所有生物都受制於勞動,儘管我們可能抗拒這一想法,但我們的工作往往服務於我們無法掌控的、更宏大的資本主義或政治意圖。

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Details of Animale (2024–25) at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

笹岡由梨子並非僅僅關注勞動剝削,而是質疑我們與被我們所利用的生物之間的社會性界限,打破人類至上的觀念。通過鮮艷的雕塑和催眠般的旋律,她以自己獨特的迷人藝術語言表達了一種清晰的存在主義。觀眾被吸引過來:仔細一看,會發現屏幕上是藝術家自己的眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴,作為一種警示告誡我們,人類和動物其實並沒有那麼大的不同。


任何關於展覽或媒體的查詢,請聯絡Neil Wong(neil@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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Details of Animale (2024–25) at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Sasaoka Yuriko
Working Seal – Purple
2025
Three-channel video with color and sound: 1 min 20 sec, vintage toy seal, vintage fabric, monitors, universal board, sequins, thread
28 x 40 x 72 cm

Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Details of Animale (2024–25) at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.

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Installation view of Sasaoka Yuriko's solo exhibition "Animale" at PHD Group, Hong Kong, 2025. Courtesy the artist and PHD Group, Hong Kong. Photo by Felix SC Wong.