Dispatches, briefs, experiments, research reports, image galleries, and travelogues
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we can never quite grasp the moon
Megan Lee shares a poem on the theme of archiving Hong Kong
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what strange weather for a promise
Yang Yeung writes about temperature, intimacy, and silence as contingent, but not arbitrary qualities of human interaction
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3SUMS | what is excess?
Soje, Hoyoung Moon, and Jaewon Che explore "excess" as the snail's slime trail, as subconsciously social, and as lovespoil
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A Concise Glossary for Art Collectives
Pat WingShan Wong (aka Flyingpig) illustrates some conflicts and challenges that shape the identity of art collectives
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That I Require
Koel Chu ruminates on masturbation, making a living as a translator, and writing without writing
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3SUMS | what can't you escape?
Heman Chong, İz Öztat, and Doretta Lau explore some not-so-hidden things they cannot shake
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Two Currents
Claire Lee shares a poem on the theme of archiving Hong Kong
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3SUMS | what's your refuge?
Oscar Chan, Lau Hiu Tung, and Eunice Tsang talk about their places of refuge in Hong Kong
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In Hot Water
Hou Lam Tsui reflects on her obsession with City Pop and Shōwa aesthetics, and their significance for her art practice
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Mithila Art and the Conversation of Change
Pallavi Payal considers the evolving form and content of contemporary Mithila art, and her own artistic identity
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Green Veils
Louise Leung Fung Yee shares a poem on the theme of archiving Hong Kong
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3SUMS | what keeps you connected?
Christina Yuen Zi Chung, Xyza Cruz Bacani, and Wing Chan share objects they own that keep them connected to Hong Kong
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Exquisite Pain
Darian Leader writes about accessing grief through art, and the public dimension to mourning
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Good Art: “Hong Kong Sixties”
Oscar Ho reflects on the challenges of curating exhibitions that speak to the distinctiveness and vibrancy of Hong Kong culture
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Lo Ting and Hong Kong Cultural Identity: Part One
Oscar Ho reflects on 1990s Hong Kong, the mythological figure Lo Ting, and the stakes of writing art history
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Lo Ting and Hong Kong Cultural Identity: Part Two
Oscar Ho reflects on the conceptualisation, audience reactions, and afterlives of his exhibition about Lo Ting and the ancestral myth of Hong Kongers
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No Respect, No Hierarchy: “We Don’t Know How To Paint!”
Oscar Ho considers more expansive definitions of art, and some provocations around curatorial gatekeeping and authority
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Boundaries and boundlessness: On Kingsley Ng's works
Grace Gut looks at the question of the audience in the Hong Kong artist's recent works
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Undefeated Mutual Attachment
Lauren Berlant considers what our bodies, attachments, and solidarities make possible in the midst of structural cruelty
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