Video Art, Photography and Performance by Artists from Hong Kong

Screening and panel on video art from Hong Kong, with expert discussion and audience Q&A

This screening/panel showcases videos by the Hong Kongese artists , Siu Wai Hang and Yim Sui Fong. Both videos involve critical responses to changing sociopolitical and cultural conditions in Hong Kong. Siu now lives and works in the UK while Yim continues to be based in Hong Kong. This talk will be with Siu Wai Hang 蕭偉恒 and Yim Sui Fong 嚴瑞芳 with Professor Paul Gladston

About the event series

This series of screenings/panel discussions accompanying the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’ showcases contemporary video artworks by Sinophone artists along with in-depth discussions about their making and significance with the artists and experts in the field of Chinese contemporary art studies. The screened artworks are aesthetically and technically diverse. They also address a range of issues, including institutional critique, patriarchy, resistance to authority, queer identity, social control, climate change and well-being. Panel discussions at the screenings will be followed by extended audience Q&A.

The videos featured in this series of screenings contrast aesthetically in many cases with those included in the exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums.’ While all the videos in the exhibition are lyrical, poetic and conceptually abstract most of those featured in the screenings involve more explicit narratives and/or forms of social engagement.

The exhibition and screenings/panels produced and financially supported by the University of New South Wales Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art (JNCCA).

Header image: The Third Sector (2023). Single-channel video, colour, sound, 11’15” by Yim Sui Fong