HONG KONG 香港
I’ve lived here for over five years, and Hong Kong continues to shape the way I see the world. It’s a place where traditions disappear as quickly as new skylines rise, and where identity is constantly being redefined.
Often called The Pearl of the East—and just as often, a Concrete Jungle—Hong Kong is a city of layered contrasts. Its east-meets-west identity, shaped by British colonisation from 1841 to 1997, has produced a cultural imagination all its own. Today, 7.18 million people call this vertical city home, navigating a dense landscape of glass towers, neon lights, street markets, and ancestral memory.
I aim to create projects that help students foster curiosity about their own cultural identity, so they can find new meaning for the future. Through place-based, art-focused learning, I invite them to explore the hidden stories around them—and within them.
Below are three examples of Place-Base-Learning art-focused experiences I designed.
The Mong Kok project focuses on Human Geography.
The Tai O Fishing Village Project focuses on traditional living, and
The Sai Kung Project focuses on nature.
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF MONG KOK
Mong Kok meaning prosperous/crowded corner' in Chinese is one the busiest districts in
the world. This project asks students to develop their own inquiries through a different lens and capture what is life like in Mong Kok.
VILLAGE LIFE IN TAI O
Tai O is a traditional fishing village built on stilts. I created this place base learning project for students to explore the cultural identity of Hong Kong's past. Students worked with an artist-in-residence to paint watercolour landscapes.
SAI KUNG NATURAL WONDERS
Hong Kong is made up of a series of islands. Sai Kung is located on the furthest east coast of Hong Kong and it is a gateway to many off-the-beaten-path remote outlying islands and country parks.
OTHER RESOURCES
ART STORES
Hong Kong Locke Centre, 3rd Floor, 301-307 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
173 Sai Yee Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon.
Sun Hei Building, 68-76 Hennessey Road, Wan Chai
PRINTING
They have multiple stores across Hong Kong and print in a variety of materials and sizes. I do most of the large scale digital printing with them.