I think architecture is a byproduct of my interest in art when I was younger. I started painting when I was relatively young, in my early teens. I learned from school, and I was also a student of renowned Chinese ink brush painter Zhao Shao-ang, who’s no longer alive. I can’t say I was...
HK Magazine: Can you tell us a bit about your works in this exhibit?
Kacey Wong: What I’m doing is trying to trace back to my own heritage and pick up on sayings that were in everybody’s mind [e.g. the text in the pictured sculpture, “Work hard, strive for it”]. But if you...
I was born in Shanghai and I got to Hong Kong when I was five. I came here with my family. I was in Canada—Montreal—for 10 years, from ’84 to ’94. I went to Concordia University and studied film there [at undergraduate level]. Then I came back to Hong Kong.
When I was young...
HK Magazine: How is the residency project going to work?
Wilson Shieh: I’ll stay for the whole of February, working here five days a week. Every day I’ll come and make artwork from morning till evening, until the gallery closes. I’m a painter. I used to work with a Chinese medium...
Friday
Wind down at the end of the work week with some smooth blues, cocktails and artsy company. Head to the Peel Street-Hollywood Road juncture in SoHo to Peel Fresco Music Lounge (49 Peel St., Central, 2540-2046, www.peelfresco.com), where the hip-yet-modest Peel Jazz Festival first started; or...
HK Magazine: Your current work looks more lighthearted and playful compared to your earlier works. Did you set out to purposefully change your style for this exhibit?
Sonya Fu: I used to have a darker style. People even asked me if I’m a “gothic girl” [laughs]. I really don’...
HK: How did you first get into origami?
SM: Actually, it was paper airplanes. I used to make them as a kid, and I really enjoyed folding them. I kept folding them until I was 19 or 20 years old. I wanted to design original paper airplanes, so I started doing origami, thinking that it would help...
HK Magazine: How would you describe World of WearableArt to someone who’s never seen it before?
Suzie Moncrieff: The inspiration behind World of WearableArt is to take art off the wall and [place it] onto the human body in wildly wonderful ways. This creates many possibilities, from walking...
HK Magazine: How did you initially get into singing?
Catrin Aur: I’ve been singing all my life. I come from Wales, which is known as the land of song. There’s a big tradition of singing in Wales and a lot of people are brought up to sing from an early age. I remember performing for the...
HK Magazine: What do you think are the biggest issues concerning women in Hong Kong?
Angie Ng: Victim-blaming in particular is a big issue in Hong Kong. Victims of poverty are often blamed—[people say that their situation is due to] some kind of personal failure, like you didn’t work...
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