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Lap-See Lam, Still from Floating Sea Palace, 2024 © Lap-See Lam. Courtesy the artist; Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin/Stockholm/Mexico City; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; The Vega Foundation; Studio Voltaire, London; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto.

Lap-See Lam and Kholod Hawash

10.5 – 24.8 2025

Stockholm

The film installation “Floating Sea Palace” is part of Lap-See Lam’s suite inspired by a real-life floating Chinese restaurant – a dragon boat that was three storeys high. The work is a further development of the plot in “The Altersea Opera”, which was presented in the Nordic pavilion during the 2024 Venice Biennale. The installation at Moderna Museet includes Kholod Hawash’s textile artworks, as well as parts of the environment from the pavilion.

“Floating Sea Palace” is about transformation, shifts in meaning and an unachievable dream of returning to a home that is in constant flux. The main protagonist is the Cantonese mythological figure Lo Ting, who is half fish, half human.

The work is a combination of sequences from onboard the dragon boat, the Nordic pavilion in Venice and 3D scans with shadow animations, as well as the original composition and sound design by Linus Hillborg and Marlena Salonen.

The film is projected onto a thin screen surrounded by a bamboo structure and Kholod Hawash’s colourful costumes with intricate embroidery created for the water beings of the drama.

The exhibition will be held in Moderna Museet’s new exhibition space of 144 square metres.