羅友劭
YU SHAO LO

These soap hands were inspired by the living situation under pandemic. In those days, people avoided any physical approach and hand hygiene became important. This is a functional artwork; a hand people can hold without any concern about viruses. An artwork aims to keep viruses away and fulfilling loneliness in our mind at the same time. The ideal place to show this artwork is nearby sink in restroom, thus people can really use it. The hands will be shaped by every touch. It will keep dissolving and shattering until it is no longer recognizable as an art, but just an ordinary soap.

此件作品創作於COVID-19疫情期間，人與人之間極力避免肢體接觸，並強調手部清潔的重要性。缺乏肢體互動所帶來的失落感， 形成了此作品之靈感，這些肥皂手不但不會造成病毒傳播反而會使碰觸它的人更加乾淨，是在病毒肆虐之下，少數可以安心握住的手。這件作品理想的展示場所為浴室洗手檯旁，每當人們觸碰它，都會些微的改變它的形狀，它會緩慢地融化、變形，直到無法辨識，成為一塊再正常不過的肥皂。

“Hold my Hand” showed in “The Colour of Memory” group exhibition at Bomb Factory, London, UK in November 2022. The surface of these hands was covered with droplets due to the location. The artwork installed near the entrance, where cold air from outdoors meets the warm air inside the building, therefore condensed on the surface of the soap.

2022年十一月，此作品在英國倫敦炸彈工廠藝術空間所舉辦的 「 記憶的色彩 」 展覽中展出。因為展出的位置鄰近出入口，在室外冷空起與室內暖空氣交集以及肥皂材質的特性之下，作品表面覆滿了水氣凝結而成的小水珠 。