These are some of the themes explored in Duddell’s 2016 summer exhibition curated by Jims Lam Chi Hang, an artist and curator. ‘Noon Gazette and Daily Spy will consider the progression of news stories throughout the day on artists Lam Hoi Sin, Leung Chi Wo, Song Ta and Elvis Yip Kin Bon through the use of newspaper as a medium.
Jims Lam Chi Hang takes inspiration from an interesting phenomenon in Hong Kong’s publishing history: the transition from daily papers to noon and evening papers, the ‘moment of time lag’ inbetween and the dying art of print. The upcoming exhibition, named after a British newspaper that was published at noon every day in 1781, aims to examine this development from the noon edition as well as the decline in print as it manifests in the works and processes of local artists through the medium of newspapers and the artists’ manipulation of a communication model that no longer exists in Hong Kong.
This group exhibition brings together a selection of multimedia artworks, chosen and produced specifically for this exhibition, by four Hong Kong artists aims to provide a lens to look at the time lag and decline as perceived by them. These works together provoke a questioning of the development of the space and content in publishing.
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Elvis Yip Kin Bon, I was wearing you that day (2016). T-Shirt. Size variable. Courtesy of the artist and Duddell's.