Tak Hei Tam

About

201 Queen’s Gate, SW7

Memory is a process of encoding and decoding, which inevitably involves imagination filling the gaps between memory scraps.

The windows that you are looking at here, 

Is it a miniature version of a certain window taken from Queen’s Gate?

Or a hybrid consist of multiple attributes of the windows there?

Or a trigger to prompt memories of previous living experiences?

The windows here are not the miniature version of a certain window from Queen’s Gate, instead, they are fabricated based on images generated by AI, a hybrid consisting of various attributes of different real-life windows from Queen’s Gate.

Tak Hei is creating synthetic memories by fabricating tangible artefacts from “fake” AI-generated images. 

Queen’s Gate, SW7 only goes up to no. 200.

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Click here for the video showing the detaching process and wearable part of 201 Queen’s Gate, SW7 – Put Your Windows On. 

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Tak Hei Tam is interested in the space surrounding us, and the objects within, especially the interactions between space, architectural forms and perception. Strolling, photography and observation are the key research methods for him. He tends to use elements of scale, space and architecture to create his works. 

Putting his interests into practice, instead of creating large-scale sculpture, he adores the concept of “miniature”, objects that capture the essence of forms on a small scale. 

He adopts metalsmithing and object-making as his art practice. He considers wearable objects as a small space—each piece contains a space of its own. He interprets the essence of architecture, adopting the structure and details of architectural elements. His works are often miniature and wearable at the same time, thus the context changes when it is being displayed or worn. Using the body as an architectural interface, he addresses the relationship and intimacy between space, architecture and perception, making those ornaments of architecture become ornaments of the body and parts of the body silhouette. Creating an alternate intimacy between architecture and mankind.

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Supported by The Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s International Bursary