本地陶藝家/插畫家Scott Chan(陳建業) 將舉行陶瓷回憶展《致一笑置之的時代》，重現藝術家年輕時屋邨生活的點滴，以多件混合插畫元素的陶瓷作品，重新審視九十年代在公共屋邨長大的朋友最日常同時亦最擔驚受怕的人和事，發現原來恐懼不再的同時還成了一場令人發笑而懷念的集體回憶。

是次展覽就像一封寫給舊時的一封信，藝術家以自己極具個人風格「樣衰衰」的畫風配上陶瓷藝術，將自己小時候的恐懼完全重現於三十年後的香港。那個活在九十年代還是純真可愛的藝術家小Scott Scott，世界沒有那麼大，大部份的起居生活局限於居住的公共屋邨和附近社區，一張閃咭一個巨無霸一隻新的電視遊戲碟十元八塊都可以令我們的小藝術家開心一整日，而相對的，令小Scott Scott最害怕的，就是會用強權用武力搶去別人快樂的人——屋邨中蝦蝦霸霸的陀地。

Scott親手將自己的童年中一個又一個刻骨銘心的惡人惡事和心魔重新展現在自己和觀眾面前，再一次回看八、九十年代在公共屋邨長大的精彩生活片段——那些掛著cheap cheap低級音箱「棟池棟池」的街車；那些在球場上為收十元八塊保護費而對一眾弱小細路無差別拳打腳踢的陀地；那些外型十足的「大佬」和他身邊像女皇一樣無比囂張的女友「阿嫂」，這些引起一眾屋邨仔共鳴的畫面令整個陶瓷藝術展多了一份令人回心微笑的親切感。

再見以往最令自己害怕的事情，Scott發現自己不但沒有恐懼，反而有一份久別重逢的快樂，只是想對以往所恐懼的人和事一笑置之，這到底這是廢老口中的「舊事沖咗落廁所」時間沖淡一切，還是我們隨步入社會後，世界大了才認識到真正令人擔心真正令人恐懼的人和事，根本不是屋邨陀地可以觸及的層次？

Hong Kong ceramic artist/illustrator Scott Chan will be hosting the ceramic exhibition - The Era of Irrelevance, to bring the audience down the memory lane to the public estate where he spent his childhood in the '90s. He has also recreated the objects and people that he was once scared of the most, strangely enough, none of these are scary anymore.

In The Era of Irrelevance, the artist combines his signature illustration into ceramic creation, to show people what life was like in the time when everything was quiet but steadily developing. Like many children in the estate, Young Scott didn't need a lot to be happy - a BigMac, a TV game or a collector card would make his day. But on the other hand, it only took one bully to scare the ___ out of him.

The artist reveals and re-visits the demons of his childhood in the exhibition twenty years later, and he discovers that none of these bullies: the bike rider with a jukebox hanging on the back of the bike; the so-called the leader of the gang; or the elder boys who would beat up any kids just for a dollar. None of these are scary anymore, and he is even amused to be able to meet them again, like old friends.

The Era of Irrelevant is dedicated to the fear in the past that have nothing to do with who we are anymore. Scott invites us to face the subjects that bothered us at some point in our lives. As time goes by, we might be able to find a way not to be affected by those fear anymore…perhaps because we may be wiser, stronger and bigger, or we are scared of something much worse now.

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