The Swedish artist Lap-See Lam is drawing on the Cantonese operas of the 19th century to explore the ‘fiction’ of culture
mid a polarising debate taking place in Sweden over what constitutes culture, the artist behind this year’s Nordic pavilion at theLap-See Lam, a Swedish artist with Cantonese roots, is leading the Nordic countries’ offering at the international exhibition, which opens on 20 April, with a multidisciplinary artwork.
Speaking from Venice, where she is installing the work, Lam, 33, said culture is not a “static myth” but something that needs to be “constantly reshaped”. Describing the idea of a Swedish identity and culture as a “fiction”, she added: “That fiction is part of my practice a lot and how I try to use that as a way to reflect or rewrite that.”As part of her research, Lam travelled to Hong Kong to work with master bamboo scaffolder Ho Yeung Chan. For centuries, bamboo scaffolding has been used to build temporary stages for performing Cantonese opera.
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