Lifting, pushing, shoving, & running for the perfect BMI and body shapes—these rituals of modern-day masculinity building—while performed by a Qian Dan, portrayed by the artist for the first time in costume, a man who plays the female lead in Cantonese Opera, become struggles on a multitude of levels. Beach ball spinning is beach ball stuck, trapped in this aimless browsing of ambiguity of the virtual space; unknowingly stuck in this mistful post-catastrophic utopia. Resembling protests against all dichotomies of gender, geographies, and contradictions among different eras. Karma is a Sanskrit term for “action” that leads to inevitable results, both good and bad, that I experience in either this life or in reincarnation.

作品主題探討的是因果報應（Karma），在梵文中解作「行動」，意為導致在今生或輪迴中，經歷不可避免的好與壞的總和的因果關係。作品中葉氏首次化身為乾旦，一個傳統粵劇中由男生扮演的女性角色。穿上前線常見的3M手套的他，表演一系列健身房常見的上舉、推舉、卧推和跑步等動作，意圖建立現代的男性氣質，達至完美的BMI和身形體態。「旋轉的沙灘球」是作品中的另一個重要元素，所描繪的是虛擬空間漫無目的瀏覽的混沌狀態，也是一場後互聯網、後災難的烏托邦想像。葉氏透過這個作品質疑跨時代的性別、地域的二元對立分法，反映了不同層面的矛盾。

Wai Ip is a Hong Kong conceptual/performance artist currently based in London, whose work examines the impermanent nature of human experience. As a migrant, Ip navigates the intricate ontological terrain that is sculpted by the relentless forces of vicinity performing upon us, including geographic dislocation, fluctuating political scenarios, and the swift pace of technological progress. Ip’s artwork not only provokes deep introspection but also acts as a mirror reflecting the myriad challenges and necessary adaptations faced by the identity of artist in our rapidly transforming society.

Ip’s artwork has been exhibited at galleries and art shows in New York, Hong Kong, Canada, France and across South East Asia. Ip is currently enrolled in the first year of MFA fine art at Goldsmiths, University of London.