Here we are, China, Hong Kong, and you're still trying to save the world.

Chi Wo LEUNG

Here we are, China, Hong Kong, and you're still trying to save the world.

Chi Wo LEUNG (Artist)

School of Creative Media

Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 42 - Painting, sculpture, drawing, photograph

Abstract

Installation of vintage magazine, steel wire, laser-engraved acrylic sheet, aluminium tube, 34 x 28 x 6 cm.

The cover story of this “Hong Kong Under the Gun” issue (Jul 31, 1967) of Newsweek magazine opens with a remark that “…many of the rich and the middle class have had their airline tickets bought and paid for months, or even years.” With a simple contraption that invites the viewer’s pulling, the magazine cover moves by flapping its wings against the air, as if able to fly away from its surroundings.

The work title comes from Charlie Chaplin’s film A Countess From Hong Kong (1967), it is a line addressed to US diplomat Ogden Mears (Marlon Brando) by his friend upon their arrival in Hong Kong.

Translated title of the contribution	《我们到了中国、香港！你仍想要拯救世界。》
Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018
Event	Something There and Never There: Solo exhibition of Leung Chi Wo - Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China Duration: 23 Jan 2018 → 10 Mar 2018 https://blindspotgallery.com/exhibition/something-there-and-never-there/

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Record validation is based on the information provided by the researcher(s) concerned. Suggestions for further amendments or supplementary information can be sent to [email protected].

Research Keywords

contemporary art
Hong Kong history
Hong Kong riots 1967

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1 RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author)
1 RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits

Something There and Never There: Solo exhibition of Leung Chi Wo
LEUNG, C. W. (Artist), Jan 2018
Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
SOMETHING THERE AND NEVER THERE
Leung, C. W., Jan 2018, Hong Kong: Blindspot Gallery. 76 p.
Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author)

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Here we are, China, Hong Kong, and you're still trying to save the world.

Abstract

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Research output

Something There and Never There: Solo exhibition of Leung Chi Wo

SOMETHING THERE AND NEVER THERE

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