Memento

bears, prints, and everything in between

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One of Us, 2011

1. Commodification of trauma can be most interesting human invention

2. Materials / Fabrics have been selected for a reason that is very personal

3. Patterns are cut from different fabrics and tossed into large bag

4. Patterns for parts are randomly selected from the bag

5. If the bears have no black fabric included, they have become Lucky Ones

6. If the bears have constructed with only partial black fabric, we call them Suppressed Individual

7. A group of bears which are made entirely with black fabric, will be called One of Us

8. This is to prove that billion monkeys typing million years would create Shakespeare’s play

9. Only handful of us are lucky enough

10. Most of us are good at hiding / suppressing psychological burden

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Burden (1991), Mixed Media, 16"x10"x48", 2010

How to Duplicate Burden (1991) Do-It-Yourself Manual

What you Need and What You Should Do:

1. Repressed memories from the past

2. Habitual self-pity / Self-Victimizing tendency

3. Object-A: Mass produced object can be used, however, handmade replica of mass produced objects are preferred for personalization / object should have significance to individual

4. Convince yourself that object of your choice has the power upon you when it comes to the actual event of trauma

5. Object-A becomes the sacrificial object as if the object itself caused psychological burden you have

6. When the object is ready to be fully blamed for, bind it with red strings to protect an object from being empty vessel for wondering souls

7. At the moment you finish projecting psychological burden to an object, internal struggle should end shortly after

8. You should be able to distinct yourself from object of fetishized self-pity and glorified tragedy - the doll. If you still suffer from psychological burden of such, make more blame-dolls

*For the show One Artist, One Work, One Yellow Wall / Chuck Hohng from January 14th, 2011 to Jan 20th, 2011 curated by Pierre Picot

*Photo by Jonathan Ramirez (Photo is linked to his tumblr page)

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One of Us (Suppressed Individual [III]), 2011

1. Commodification of trauma can be most interesting human invention

2. Materials / Fabrics have been selected for a reason that is very personal

3. Patterns are cut from different fabrics and tossed into large bag

4. Patterns for parts are randomly selected from the bag

5. If the bears have no black fabric included, they have become Lucky Ones

6. If the bears have constructed with only partial black fabric, we call them Suppressed Individual

7. A group of bears which are made entirely with black fabric, will be called One of Us

8. This is to prove that billion monkeys typing million years would create Shakespeare’s play

9. Only handful of us are lucky enough

10. Most of us are good at hiding / suppressing psychological burden

[mementobychuck-blog]

 One of Us (Suppressed Individual [I]), 2011

1. Commodification of trauma can be most interesting human invention

2. Materials / Fabrics have been selected for a reason that is very personal

3. Patterns are cut from different fabrics and tossed into large bag

4. Patterns for parts are randomly selected from the bag

5. If the bears have no black fabric included, they have become Lucky Ones

6. If the bears have constructed with only partial black fabric, we call them Suppressed Individual

7. A group of bears which are made entirely with black fabric, will be called One of Us

8. This is to prove that billion monkeys typing million years would create Shakespeare's play

9. Only handful of us are lucky enough

10. Most of us are good at hiding / suppressing psychological burden

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Memento, 2010. (sold)

4.5"x4"x12".

To remember and to glorify, and not to be forgotten.