Hong Kong is a city of striking contrasts: a former British colony where artists draw inspiration from the blend of East and West, and where institutions must balance celebrating a rich, diverse culture with complying with a new national security law.
At AWITA’s “Hong Kong Forecast” moderated by Enid Tsui (Arts Editor at South China Morning Post and author of new Lund Humphries publication “Art in Hong Kong: Portrait of a City in Flux”), local experts will openly discuss recent changes and the feelings on the ground.
Speakers include:
Dee Poon, President, Brands and Retailing, Tessellation Group and Board Member of M+ Museum
Eunice Tsang, curator based between Hong Kong and Italy, Founder of Current Plans and Associate Curator at M+ Museum
Jaffa Lam Laam, Hong Kong-based artist specializing in large-scale, site-specific and mixed-media works
Mimi Chun, Founder and Director, Blindspot Gallery
The book is available to buy from Lund Humphries’ website, with free UK postage here and is available on Amazon.com.
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09:00 - 09:30 AM GMT / 17:00 pm - 17:30 PM HKT
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Speaker biographies:
Dee Poon is the President of Brands and Retailing for Tessellation Group, where she also serves as a Director. She is a board member of M Plus Museum Limited and a member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority- Commercial Letting Panel. She sits on the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Hong Kong – Europe Business Council, serves Hong Kong – ASEAN Foundation Advisory Council as a member.
Dee is actively engaged in the arts, serving on the International Councils of Tate and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). She is also a Council Member of the China Arts Foundation and a board member of Asia Art Archive. In 2014, she was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's China Fellowship Program.
Eunice Tsang is a curator based in between Hong Kong and Italy. In 2020 she founded Current Plans, an experimental art space in Hong Kong that encourages cross-disciplinary dialogues through exhibition-making. She is also Associate Curator at M+ Museum, with a focus on the Asian Avant Garde Film Festival and Live Art programmes. She splits her time operating Current Plans, and at M+. Prior to that, she was part of the core team of Tai Kwun Contemporary in 2015, where she set up the Asian Artist Book Library, researching and building a collection of over 1000 titles of modern and contemporary publications with a focus on Asian practitioners.
Jaffa Lam Laam is a Hong Kong-based artist specializing in large-scale, site-specific and mixed-media works, often making use of recycled materials, such as crate wood, old furniture, abandoned metal and umbrella fabric. Her works often explore issues relating to local culture, history, society, and current affairs, some of the topics include art in public, the loss of craftsmanship in the city, and the regeneration of art making cycle. She projects views and thoughts of Hong Kong citizens through her non-narrative and dialogical installations.
Mimi Chun, Founder and Director, Blindspot Gallery
Enid Tsui is a Hong Kong-based journalist, and the Arts Editor of the South China Morning Post. She began her career as a finance journalist, launching CFO China as editor-in-chief in 2002 and working at the Financial Times in Hong Kong and in London for nearly a decade. She was introduced to the drama of the auction world while working as the FT’s Hong Kong correspondent - and was instantly hooked. She switched jobs to specialise in the arts and went back to university for an MA in art history. Her book "Art in Hong Kong: Portrait of a City in Flux" will be published on January 27, 2025 by Lund Humphries.