More than a lamp

Yet, Tsang’s “Garlic Lamp” is more than a mere lamp; in his “Six Scenarios of Mindful Practice: Ego-centric Suffering, Severe Attachment” a garlic lamp forms part of the installation that reflects on Buddhist teachings on material and emotional attachment. The unremarkable or even unwanted features of garlic are highlighted in this work, becoming aesthetically pleasing and revealing surprising aspects of the vegetable’s unknown beauty.

As an activist trying to spread ideas on sustainability and an awareness on ecology, Tsang Tak-ping held lamp workshops. In these workshops he teaches his special food waste upcycling design ideas to laymen.