Gradient Nation No.1-5, 2020, digital print on fabric, 120 x 80 cm each, set of 5

Synchronised Uncertainty, 2020, stereo sound, speakers, 2’20”

In Gradient Nation, suspended fabrics display color gradients derived from archival images of mass public gatherings. By isolating single digital pixels from these historic crowds and blending them into vertical flags, Leung transforms historical moments of assembly into abstract fields of color.

The installation’s audio component layers recordings of the artist's own footsteps to mimic the weight of a collective crowd, eventually giving way to the steady, disciplined cadence of a snare drum march. Panned across a dual-channel speaker system, the audio fractures: one channel plays in perfect synchronization, while the other drifts entirely out of phase.

The work investigates the inherent uncertainty of communities and nations living through volatile and anxious eras. It maps the internal struggle of navigating opposing forces, capturing the urge to align oneself or find a rightful place to stand. By exploring the binary tensions between order and chaos, left and right, individual and collective, Gradient Nationunderscores a poetic truth: it is the very act of gathering that dissolves rigid boundaries, allowing a continuous spectrum of new possibilities to emerge.