Hong Kong

signifiers: banyan trees, chinese calligraphy, ink art, layers and layers and layers, and social spaces

banyan trees “Banyan trunks are dynamic, sculptural, and enigmatic; I sense strength, movement, and urgency, and yet there is such stillness, as if that sinewy grace had been petrified in an instant.” - Wendy Gan // embedded throughout the city

places to gather social life on the streets, spilling out of coffee shops, markets, bookstores, and restaurants. lively conversations, laptop mini-offices, cigarettes, card games, and pots of chinese tea. neighborhoods: wan chai, sheung wan, tai hang

chinese calligraphy the act of writing beautifully. motion + emotion. symbol + gesture. cultivation of character + skill. language imbued with personal expression. store: man luen choon

the incredible richness of ink art east and west. past and present. calligraphy and abstraction. worldwide influence. M+ museum collection. new ink movement. artists for images below: Leung Kui Ting, James Lee Byars, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Chuang Che, Ni Haifeng

layers and layers and layers milk tea, Queen’s Road, and double decker trams. layered history. layered structures. layered materials and textures. peeling signage. peeling paint. old and new fighting for attention. concrete and nature. survival.

Photography: Gideon Tsang