MICROWAVE 2007
Hong Kong’s Microwave Festival has come a long way since its foundation in 1996, and made perhaps its biggest splash yet with 2007’s edition, “Luminous Echo”. As the festival was completely rebranded in 2006, and in 2...
Hong Kong’s Microwave Festival has come a long way since its foundation in 1996, and made perhaps its biggest splash yet with 2007’s edition, “Luminous Echo”. As the festival was completely rebranded in 2006, and in 2...
Since 2003, Lona Records has become a mainstay in the small yet burgeoning experimental music scene in Hong Kong. While releasing full-length albums ranging from ambient to post-punk, one could argue that Lona's gems ...
Tucked away on the 8th floor of a nondescript building in Mongkok is a room jam packed with video editing equipment, stacks of 2-inch binders, and countless DVDs. Home to Video Power, Hong Kong's video activist organ...
When I was 7 years old, the world of gambling was introduced to me through the 1989 Hong Kong film, "God of Gamblers". Inspired by the near-supernatural powers and sleight of hand techniques wielded by Chow Yun-Fat's...
"What if you could follow her daily routine, see what she sees, hear what she hears, share a part of her life inside yours?" This quote comes from the website of Hong Kong's hottest design event of the season, and the...
On a summery Saturday in June, the stark gallery space of Para/Site will be filled for eight hours with music that breaks boundaries, eleven acts from all over Asia, and plenty of music-lovers. As Hong Kong's fi...
As I was talking with Arnault Castel, the man behind Kapok, a shop-cum-gallery nestled in a quiet history-laden district of Hong Kong, an adrenaline-fuelled twentysomething lugging a large backpack, portfolio, and sle...
It's been a while since a genuine "art star" has had a show in Hong Kong, so the opening of Cao Fei's COSplayers at Para/site Gallery in Sheung Wan was quite an occasion. The young Guangzhou-based artist has been busy...
On September 16th, on the day getting closer to the harvest moon, there was an announcement party of *Allrightsreserved at Ebisu Garden Hall. *Allrightsreserved - International Design Business Meeting is the intern...
None of us really knew what to expect when we entered Para/site gallery on the evening of August 31st. The night air outside was still sweltering with summer, the newly-renovated main floor of the gallery was slightly...
It is only natural that video has emerged as a dominant medium for artists in Hong Kong. In a city where most young artists still live with their parents in tiny flats, and can't afford studio space or physical materi...
It's just a little black notebook. But because of its pocket-size, iconic elastic strap and illustrious history, the Moleskine has become the Platonic Ideal of little black notebooks. Used by Vincent Van Gogh for sket...