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My Research – Kacey Wong

I got to know about the local artist Kacey Wong after I went to the visit “Walking in the Dreams”. His work “Unbroken Passage” encourages people to think about dreams. In the installation, a bike is tied by a number of ropes, meanwhile the projector is looping the footage of a bike travelling in a tunnel at high speed. This is kind of contradictory as a tied bike is not able to travel! I think the artist tries to materialize the feeling of dreaming. For example, we only dream when we are stationary and asleep, yet, deep in our minds, we are doing things that are impossible!

After I looked up on the web, I think most of his works have multiple meanings embedded. Since he is political active in recent years, many of them involved protest elements. His works involved various aspects in arts, such as installations (Unbroken Passage) and performance (Hongkongese Warning Squad).

What’s more, many Hong Kong think art is untouchable, simply because arts relates to topics people don’t care about. Yet, Kacey Wong creates artworks about topics around the society. Take the “Brain Washing Machine” (2012) as an example. In respond to the introduction of Moral and national education, he designed a hat-like object that looked like a washing machine to express his concern about the curriculum. And that is also why I would like to pick him as my research target!

Lately, I’ve decided to research about “Protest Art” in Hong Kong. Protest in Hong Kong is a unique culture which is embraced by the locals. There are at least two major marches every year. In the past, protesters made poster or label only to voice out their concerns. Yet, after the umbrella movement, the style of protesting have become more diverse. Protesters start making sculptures, installations and performances to fight for their desire. Kacey Wong has made a few performances that I may illustrate in my research, too. This makes me wonder: to what extend does art influence protest? I reckon art would have a great impact on it.

And my curiosity motivates me towards the answer.

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