Exhibition
Somewhere in Time

Hong Kong International Photo Festival

Thu, 05.10.2023 -
Thu, 26.10.2023
Goethe-Gallery & Black Box Studio

Exhibition Opening: 5.10.2023 (Thu) 6:00 PM in the presence of the artists.

Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to partner with the Hong Kong International Photo Festival again this year by hosting the exhibition SOMEWHERE IN TIME by local artists Tang Kwong San and Yuen Nga Chi at the Goethe-Gallery and Black Box Studio from October 5 to 26, 2023.

Exhibition opening hours:
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Mon)
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM (Tue - Fri)
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM (Sat)
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

In the 1950s, the British Hong Kong Government installed public phone booths across Hong Kong. We selected one of these now disused booths, about one square metre in size, wrapped it in a reflective cover, and drilled a hole into a coin from the colonial era, making a pinhole darkroom. Through inverted images, the viewer shuttles back and forth between landmarks before and after the handover, tracing the shifting political relationship between ‘deconstruction’ and ‘construction’.

A discarded phone booth, waiting to be dismantled, a memento of the Queen still being circulated today.

Tang Kwong San was born in Guangdong and now lives in Hong Kong. His practice combines photographs, drawings, objects and videos that trace intergenerational family memories and social history. Through reorganising and reinterpreting old belongings, family photo albums, and documents in a range of media, Tang explores the subtle, intricate and complex connections between longing, loss, and belonging.

Yuen Nga Chi was born and lives in Hong Kong. She draws inspiration from the contradictions between living conditions and working experience. In recent years, she has mainly explored themes revolving around animals, the state of captive animals, and the relationships and similarities between these states and the human condition, from historical, geographical, and political perspectives.