Utopia on the Horizon Suki Chan

11 November – 18 December 2010

Tintype is pleased to present Utopia on the Horizon, Suki Chan’s first solo show at the gallery.

Suki Chan’s films are notable for their dream-like aesthetic. Threaded through her work is an elegiac tracking of the footprints of human narrative, the fables and relics embedded in time and place.

Utopia on the Horizon featured Chan’s photographic series A Place on Earth, documenting new towns in the suburbs of Shanghai. Chan’s interest is in the way people seem to be moving towards an idealised image or identity, yet the journey is fraught with tension and repressed anxiety. The towns themselves are incomplete and eerily empty.

Utopia on the Horizon is accompanied by a publication with a foreword by Gareth Evans, co-editor of Artesian magazine.

Suki Chan

Story of Rice, 2006

Installation of neon lights (33 characters) on angled wooden shelf, Edition of 3

Suki Chan

Story of Rice, 2006

Installation of neon lights (33 characters) on angled wooden shelf, Edition of 3

Suki Chan

Story of Rice, 2006

Installation of neon lights in a circular formation (8 words) Edition of 3

Suki Chan

Story of Rice, 2003 – 2007

Installation with five CRT televisions, five DVD players, plus plinth and five stools Video image with sound

Suki Chan

Book Shelf No.1, 2010

Mirror, light, shelf and books
88.5(w) x 28(d) x 27(h)cm

Suki Chan

Book Shelf No.1, 2010

Mirror, light, shelf and books
88.5(w) x 28(d) x 27(h)cm

Suki Chan

Sleep Walk Sleep Talk – Film still no. 1308, 2009

Film still no. 1308 Fujitrans and lightbox
112.5(w) x 12(d) x 65(h)cm Edition of 5

Suki Chan

Sleep Walk Sleep Talk – Film still no. 1308, 2009

Film still no. 1308 Fujitrans and lightbox
112.5(w) x 12(d) x 65(h)cm Edition of 5

Suki Chan

Sleep Walk Sleep Talk, 2009

HD film, (2-Screen) , 21 mins, Edition of 5

Suki Chan

Utopia on the Horizon – Installation view, 2010