Closing Event of Exhibition "Queer as German Folk"

Due to the extension of the social distancing measures by the Hong Kong Government, the Closing Event on January 9 will be cancelled. However, the offer of free giveaways of exhibits is still valid! If you would like to take home any items in the exhibition, including the information panels (for your own use or for educational purpose), Queer T-shirts or clothes racks, please send an email to Alice.Ho@goethe.de before January 13, 2021.

CANCELLED:

The exhibition "Queer as German Folk" runs until December 23, 2020 before the short break during Christmas. It will reopen on January 4, 2021 (Mon) and run for one more week until January 9 (Sat), when a Closing Event of the exhibition will take place with a comprehensive programme of activities:

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Discussion: Queer Culture and Domestic Workers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Guided Tour by Hong Kong curator Wong Ka Ying and writer Samwai Lam

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Participants of the Closing Event are invited to choose an item from the exhibits as a souvenir: "Queer T-shirts", high quality large prints, bold statement panels, posters, postcards... We hope each participant will be walking away with an item of great "Pride"!

Registration required: https://forms.gle/Yz3CPe7S5urgRYwMA

Wong Ka Ying

Wong Ka Ying (b. 1990) is an artist and writer based in Hong Kong. She received her BFA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013 and will obtain her M.Phil. Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2020. A keen observer of the art community and society, Wong critically reflects on the various social, cultural and gender issues today through using a wide range of media, from polaroid photography, collage, screen printing, painting, performance to social media platform. Wong expresses passion in writing, curating and art education. She made an outward appearance on various public sharing, seminars, panel discussions and talks, actively engaging with students and art lovers.

Samwai Lam

Samwai Lam is a writer and editor born and raised in Hong Kong. Her work focuses on art, culture and literature as well as lifestyle. Her writings have appearing in City Magazine (號外), MING’S, ,Fleursdes Lettres （字花）and Art World Shanghai（艺术世界）and etc . She is the author of “White Dirt”《白漬》 (Kubrick, 2017). “Moon Phase”《月相》（Kubrick, 2020）.