Institution Gap Series

2025-ongoing

I've been placing small unlicensed "entrances" in the narrow gaps between art institutions and the buildings around them. The project reclaims the liminal space in the museum gap, marking the boundary between the institution and the city. These small structures ask what counts as inside or outside and where art becomes street or institutional.

Inspired by the shape of the tiny Earth God shrines in Hong Kong and Macau, these structures are not religious objects but forms of local authorization, shaped by the sites where they stand. Traditionally, Earth God shrines have no central system, no overarching deity, and no institutional regulation. Their authority comes from the land and the people who maintain them, reflecting a decentralized form of local autonomy.

Placed outside art institutions, the temples do not create an interior or a passage. Their entrances work as symbolic facades. By offering an alternative “entrance” at the outskirts of the museum, the work proposes a parallel way for the artist to exist beside the institution without seeking formal access.