The Obsidian Isle is a significant new body of work for Chong Kwan which documents a fictional island located off the west coast of Scotland, on which reside one country’s lost and destroyed buildings and places.

Presented as an installation of large-format photographs and sculptural works, The Obsidian Isle explores ideas of collective history, national identity, landscape, and tourism through the prism of the senses and the distortion of memories.

Redeye, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Market Buildings, Thomas St, Manchester M4 1EU, UK
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