HK Magazine: Vibration - a bit of a generic name for an electronica band?
Chris Ho: OK, when I was young, I was hanging out with a couple of guys jamming - I hadn’t met Yvonne at that time. So we end up where all jam sessions end up: watching porn. There was a vibrator being used in the video...
I grew up in what you’d call a squatter area in Shau Kei Wan. But it was nice, we had fun. We didn’t have a TV or anything, but we would create our own games. Like for example, we’d go up into the hills, catch spiders and make them fight each other. And we would stick broken glass...
HK Magazine: How does it feel to watch your work falling apart?
Amy Cheung: This one here has already started to disintegrate. The ice sculpture has already started to become flimsy, and this is only the beginning. Actually, this is a disaster – to think of building it and then it will be all...
HK: I’m guessing you’re some kind of funk legend.
Mathieu Blanc-Francard: No, I play music with funk – it’s a way of playing music, not a type of music. In France, everyone calls me the French Prince of Funk. It’s groovy; it’s physical. I play guitar and...
In the three years and eight months from December 25, 1941, Hong Kong was not a Chinese city or even a British one. It was ruled by the Japanese. The Japanese occupation (known as “three years and eight months” in Cantonese) during World War II left few physical reminders –...
Shanghai Street Artspace is turning its gallery into a reading room where lit lovers can meet and swap books. From now until May 10, you can take your books in to exchange with other like-minded readers. You can also participate in informal discussions and post your reviews and comments up on the...
HK Magazine: Since you have a day job, and since graffiti is illegal, why do you still do it?
Ceet: It’s like a game between me and the people who see my art. When there’s nothing on a wall, no one can talk about it. I want to create the line of communication. I used to spray paint on...
HK Magazine: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – swings?
Paul Anka: Yeah. Dave Grohl was the first to call me up afterwards. He said, “I didn’t even know the words until now!” It’s important to get people to hear these songs on a different emotional level.
HK: How...
While many of the events in this month’s festival will be en français, local company Mon-Café Theatre have taken the cultural exchange even further by performing in French, English, Cantonese and Putonghua. Written by Maxime Elgue and directed by William Yip and Emilie Guillot...
In 1962 Barry Bates bleached his hair, changed his name and became the conceptual artist Billy Apple. Taking his brand one step further, he has recently created his own company, Billy Apple Limited. You can see – and take home – posters of his work at “Free New Zealand Art,...
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