How much time do you spend playing every day? Or have you lost touch with such an experience for some time already? Worst yet, do you feel a sense of guilt when you yearn to play? Play is “an expression of freedom, and for a moment, we transcend the limits of our existence, in the … Continued
March has been a slow month, filled with gloomy rain and stuffy temperatures. As I write this two days before we kick into the new month, the sun begins shining outside, and I am sweating as I have never before. Though I’m far away from where I’d like to be (a beach on the island … Continued
Our lives are filled with screens. Everyone is spending hours looking at one, and some others are spending hours uploading something to be shown on a screen. The thing is, most of us know very little about the actual art of the moving image. From analog to digital, screen content has shaped societies and birth … Continued
Welcoming to their collection, M+ crowns their donation from Hallam Chow, which features a total of 25 pieces of contemporary Asian art from 2016 until now. As the grandson of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980), a collector of antiques in post-war Hong Kong, Hallam Chow focuses on supporting Asian art and educational initiatives to promote cultural … Continued
This artist’s story is close to my heart. Apart from the both of us being Canadians, I was also in the journalism/ media industry and was also “forced to find another way to exercise creativity as outlets were limited. Though I went through that transition in Hong Kong and ended up starting this art and … Continued
I would be lying if I say it wasn’t the dilemma in the title that has caught my attention. Life is indeed hard, but how were we making it easy? This exhibition by Zheng Bo is inspired by Jon Jandai’s TED talk, “Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?”. In the initial … Continued
For those of us who celebrate and have public holidays for Lunar New Year, March is like another January – it’s like an extra month for us to reboot our goals for the year. For me, I have just kickstarted a new daily habit – waking up at 7 am and start the day off … Continued
Such eerily static yet loud forms take up the physical space with a presence large enough to engulf the surroundings and claim the gallery as its own. The tactile, familiar, yet strange, large-scale sculptures made out of inner tubes and tires express a stark commentary, as strong as its sheer size. These everyday materials-made pieces … Continued
My ex-colleague is fascinated by the craftsmanship and the heritage behind letterpress, though it is a printing method rarely seen in Hong Kong. Now, I always recall his excitement when I see the tiny individual blocks of ‘moveable type’ involved in the letterpress process. The tactile experience created by the transfer of ink and impression … Continued
Every country struggles with homelessness and poverty, and even more so now with the Coronavirus. There are 678,000 homeless people alone in Germany, not to mention thousands of families and refugees struggling to survive. Kunst Hilft geben is intending to raise 1.3 billion euros and set up 1,500 social lighthouse projects to aid those who are … Continued
