Description
This experimental installation used sheets of scored old acetate to form a pyramid of hanging layers that expanded the further they were from the projection. This fractured the images and served to mimic the journey of capturing the images as well as simulate the process of acquainting oneself with an unfamiliar environment, layer-by-layer. This allowed viewers to walk through the images, with some blocks increasing intimacy with the people framed while others abstracted the scenes. As one walks deeper into the gallery audio recordings from the streets overlay the images and increase in their intensity. On the walls hung custom-made light boxes with more intense stills indicative of the artist’s initial experiences of the streets of Hong Kong.
Video Walk Though:
The Hong Kong International Photo Festival (HKIPF) was initiated in 2010 by 19 Hong Kong photographers across several generations.
The Festival focuses on a different theme in each edition, introducing noteworthy photographers, trends, and movements. Through exhibitions, lectures, seminars, workshops, fairs, and screenings, HKIPF bridges Hong Kong and international visual practitioners, and creates conversations between people and place, past and present, and oneself and the world.
HKIPF discusses issues and perspectives.
In 2018, HKIPF launched its first Open Call for Satellite Exhibitions and has selected visual practitioners working across different forms of expression to participate. Each artist has created an exhibition that echoes the Festival theme and incorporates photography as a key element. The exhibitions will be on public display at a range of venues, connecting artists with various communities across Hong Kong.
