'Unfold City X Beyond Fonts, Beyond Signboards X C-Lab' exhibition curated by MACAH students
Guided tour led by student curator of “C-Lab” exhibition.
©The.Plumber.King Yim Chiu-tong, ©The.Plumber.King at Tai Nam Street, 2022, paint on canvas. ©The.Plumber.King
Wai Wai, Shun Hing Restaurant, 2016, digital print on paper. ©Wai Wai
Merryn Trevethan, Frequently Lost, 2023, installation. ©merryntrevethan
Tracy Cheng and Shera Cho, B¡n \o-o/ c|e , 2022, video.
To propose a deeper understanding and appreciation of Hong Kong's urban landscape, Lingnan University is proud to present a tripartite exhibition at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) from 22 June to 30 June 2024 with three independent themes: "Unfold City", "Beyond Fonts, Beyond Signboards", and "C-Lab: Laboratory for Cultural Hybridisation". Works displayed are by 18 artists based in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and include The.Plumber.King at Tai Nam Street by Hong Kong's best-known graffiti artist and plumber, Yim Chiu-tong, who has already taken part in many major exhibitions, as well as Shun Hing Restaurant by local illustrator and silhouette artist Wai Wai. The exhibition leads the audience to explore, understand, and appreciate the urban landscape of Hong Kong from a contemporary art perspective.
The exhibition, jointly curated by 14 students from the Master of Arts in Curating and Art History (MACAH) of the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries (DACI) of Lingnan University, shows videos, paintings, installations, and the curators’ own research into Hong Kong's urban landscape and culture from several different angles, as well as the artists’ interpretations.
Group photo of DACI faculty members, student curators and artists.