Hong Kong Arts Center, Wan Chai｜Leung Sze Nga Cecilia Solo Exhibition：《Aletheia》

Description

Shredding is a routine ritual meant to erase and protect. Grounded in over a decade of social service experience, my practice routinely intersects with A4 documents laden with sensitive personal data. Once shredded, these ordinary sheets transform into quiet vessels of privacy, secrets, and fragmented history. The paper itself is weightless, yet the human weight it carries is immensely heavy.

This series engages philosopher Martin Heidegger’s concept of aletheia (truth as unconcealment)—transforming the process of destruction and cutting into a “clearing” (Lichtung). By reconstructing shredded remnants, I carve out an open space within a closed system, allowing buried traces to emerge. Through the act of tearing and reshaping, physical waste ceases to be a mere heavy burden, becoming a quiet reflection on privacy, identity, and shared memory.

Biography

Leung Sze Nga, Cecilia lives and works in Hong Kong. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) co-presented by the Hong Kong Art School and RMIT University in 2025. Her artistic practice addresses the relationships between the individual, urban environments, and the natural world. Informed by years of background in social services, her work focuses on individual narratives and marginalized life trajectories. Utilizing collage, painting, and installation to repurpose found objects and everyday waste, she explores the dynamics of concealment and revelation, responding to issues of identity, memory, and existential conditions.