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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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