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University Student in Hong Kong Develops a Game to Reenact Yuen Long 7.21 Mob Attack: “The Reality is As Absurd As a Game World”

The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Protests initiated the democracy movement in Hong Kong since 2019. Although street protests have become scarce, the fight for freedom continues in various creative works.

The July 21 mob attack in Yuen Long, the Lennon Wall and the human chains formed by Hong Kong students and citizens became the inspiration to a computer game developed by #Mighcty, a university student in Hong Kong.

“I hope my game players can know what HongKongers have been experiencing.”

Mighcty, a graduating university student, created, on his own, “The Legacy of Datura”, a 2D minimalist role-playing game:

https://mighcty.itch.io/legacy-of-datura

The protagonist, Cyrus, was an ordinary secondary school student, who gained magical power when accidentally stepping into a world of magic, causing attention from the magical “parliament”. When Cyrus returned to his won world, he witnessed citizens being attacked in a tran station by a group of armed men dressed in white. He could not help but use his power to save the passengers, thus beginning his adventurous story.

“The police should uphold justice and protect the citizens, but nothing was done by a organisation who was supposed to be the fairest and most justified," Mighcty said that the 7.21 Yuen Long mob attack in reality ruined his trust in the government. Therefore, he decided to bring in current events into the game which was still in the conceptual stage.

“At first, I only wanted to develop a game to introduce Hong Kong, such as her tourist spots and food culture. But lately, it’s like I don’t know about this Hong Kong anymore. I feel that it is necessary to explain why the city became the way she is now.”

Source: Stand News #Feb6

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Taiwan-based Malaysian Artist Insists on Creating for Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement

After the passing of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, some of Tekkhean Lee’s (#小雞) exhibitions have been canceled, and some of his art pieces have to be replaced by white.

Lee is a Taiwan-based Malaysian artist. Lately, he has launched a fundraising campaign to publish a book of all his printmaking pieces to include all of his artworks from 2019 till now, in order to “save a record”.

As a foreigner, he is actively involved in creating works for Hong Kong, which sometimes attract criticism for “exploiting” the Hong Kongers. But for Lee, he insisted on creating art and did not think too much on criticism.

“Since Hong Kong people cannot do it, that is why we have to do as much as we can in this land with free speech," Lee said.

Source: Hong Kong InMedia
#Feb21
https://bit.ly/37AP719

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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protesters Appear in Mural in #LosAngeles; #HongKongArtist: Idea is bulletproof

Black-clad pro-democracy protestors holding their yellow umbrellas against tear gas grenades and other rounds: The typical protest scene in Hong Kong during 2019 was recreated on a mural in Los Angeles in the United States.

The mural was located in Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo, a desert town near the Los Angeles county. The project had been planned for 1.5 years, and was in production for nearly a month, before the mural was finally finished on April 10, 2021.

The project was organized by a New York based Hongkongers' organization "#LionRockCafe", and executed by #DamienMitcheel, a New York-based Australian artist.

The mural was named "Come What May". In addition to visualizing the protest scene, the pro-democracy slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" was written on the two sides.

The designer of the mural, a Hong Kong artist called Divad, chose not to disclose his identity. He shared his idea behind his work through "The Lion Rock Cafe": "Beneath the umbrellas, there is an idea, and the idea is bulletproof."

Source: Stand News #Apr10
Photo Credit: Thirdblade Photography

https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E7%AD%96%E5%8A%83%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%8A-%E6%B4%9B%E6%9D%89%E7%A3%AF%E7%8F%BE%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E6%8A%97%E7%88%AD%E5%A3%81%E7%95%AB-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6-%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%B5%E7%84%A1%E6%87%BC%E5%AD%90%E5%BD%88/

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Hong Kong's June 4 Theatre: "Not a red line, but the red sea out there; however, we're not doing anything illegal"

Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29982

Part 2

On June 4, 2021, the annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong was banned by the policd on this 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre. Despite this, many Hong Kong artists and performers held memorials in their own ways, keeping the memories of the truth alive.

"June 4 Theatre", a stage performance group that has been commemorating the massacre for the past 12 year, was unable to find a performance venue. Instead, they changed this year's live show to an online script reading performance.

Producer Lit Ming-wai is well aware of the white terror every Hongkonger is facing: "The scariest is that they aren't telling you what law you broke; instead they ask you, 'what do you think you did wrong?' They make us constantly question ourselves: can I do this? Is that allowed? It's no longer a thin red line; it's a whole area, a vast, red sea."

Still, she says she will treasure the freedom of speech and creativity. "We're not doing anything illegal. I hope we can keep on."

Source: Stand News #Jun4
https://bit.ly/2RX81uN

#Arts #PoliticalCartoon #HongKongArtist

#NeverForget #Creativity
Performance Artist Reminds Hongkongers to "Spread the habit of seeking out the truth"

Source: Stand News #Jun4

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Performance Artist Reminds Hongkongers to "Spread the habit of seeking out the truth"

Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29982

Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29994

Continue Reading Part 3:

Although the Hong Kong Police banned the annual candlelight vigil in commemoration of the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre for the second year in 2021, Hongkongers found different ways to mourn the casaulties of the pro-democracy movement for the 32nd year.

A performance artist in Hong Kong hid 89 political cartoons with June 4-related images inside books at three independent bookstores across the city, waiting to be found by readers.

The unorthodox art display is titled "123570 - Hide and Seek" -- the name references the numbers that seem to be banned from public speech in China for 32 years, and now Hong Kong also.

The artist says that he wants Hongkongers to go searching, "and spread the habit of seeking out the truth."

Source: Stand News #Jun4
https://bit.ly/34LLgN7

#Arts #PoliticalCartoon #HongKongArtist #HideAndSeek #IndieBookStore #PerformanceArt