Sapientia - Exhibition of the protests (Part 2)

Censored graduation photo

The hand gesture with an open palm and one finger raised is often used amongst protesters, symbolizing the slogan “five demand, not one less”. In this photo, a group of secondary students showed the “five-one gesture” while taking their graduation photos to commemorate the year where two events affecting their future occur together: their graduation and their city’s pro-democracy movement. The group photo turned out to be edited' with the “five-one gestures” artificially replaced by a “four-two gesture”. The photography company claimed the censorship was instructed by the school, which was previously said to be more tolerant in allowing students’ expression of political views.

“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.”
— George Orwell, “1984”

#HongKongProtest #Exhibition #HKUSU #AntiELAB #Censorship #NationalSecurityLaw #Sapientia

http://timable.com/zh-hk/event/1940311

Sapientia - Exhibition of the protests (Part 2)

Apple Daily's front page story and a letter to Christy and Alex

This copy of Apple Daily along with a handwritten letter was found at “Yin Tsz Road” in Tseung Kwan O, a memorial dedicated to two deceased student protesters, Christy Chan and Alex Chow. The items were brought by a local resident to the memorial, tried to tell the two deceased about the sanctions of the US against 11 top officials of China and Hong Kong, who have been associated with the implementation of the National Security Law and oppressing the protest movement. The writer also told Christy and Alex that they will always be remembered.

“No mattet how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
— Haruki Murakami

#HongKongProtest #Exhibition #HKUSU #AntiELAB #AppleDaily #Media #Sapientia

http://timable.com/zh-hk/event/1940311

Sapientia - Exhibition of the protests (Part 2)

Record of Bail proceedings

This extract of the Record of Bail Proceedings was given to a protester who was arrested and charged. According to official police figure, as of 6 September 2020, more than 10,000 people have been arrested from the ongoing social movement since 9 June 2019. 2,210 people have been prosecuted and they need to appear in court. A court may admit an accused person to be on bail under certain conditions which may include curfew and surrendering all travel documents. Those on bail would need to report to specified police station at a stated time with their extract of a Record of Bail Proceedings, as shown here.

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

#HongKongProtest #Exhibition #HKUSU #AntiELAB #HongKongProtestor #HongKongers #Sapientia

http://timable.com/zh-hk/event/1940311

Sapientia - Exhibition of the protests (Part 2)

A Mask of Xi Jinping

This cut out mask was used at a human chain demonstration against the amendments to the Extradition Bill and the Anti-mask Law. Wearing the mask is one of the creative responses to protest against the Anti-mask Law. While protesters urged for the “five demands”, Chief Executive Carrie Lam invoked the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance in October 2019 to ban the wearing of masks at assemblies. It is common amongst protesters to wear face coverings as it helps protesters to filter out tear gas shot by the police and to remain anonymous in this leaderless, faceless movement.
The Anti-mask Law, created to stop the protests, resulted in more intense social unrest afterwards.

“I wasn’t going to eat it, I was just going to taste it.”
— Winnie the Pooh

#AntiMask #HongKongProtest #AntiELAB #Exhibition #HKUSU #Sapientia #Xi #WinniethePooh

http://timable.com/zh-hk/event/1940311

#CUHKSiege #NeverForget
Democracy Wall Becomes Lennon Wall During the Commemoration of Battle of CUHK

A year after the police's attempt to siege the university campus, the students' union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) held a retrospective exhibition on the campus.

The venue was crowded as many visitors came. As people stuck memos on the "democracy wall" of the students' union, it became a Lennon wall.

Source: Stand News #Nov12

https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3637975319621395/

#CUHKBattle #LennonWall #HongKongProtest #Save12HK #Exhibition

#FirstHand #June9
#LocalYouthWill Organizes #Exhibition to Pass On Memories of #HongKongProtests: "When there is light, there are people"

Photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30046

"Local Youth Will" is a pro-democracy concern group recently established by former cabinet member of the now-dissolved students' union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), Law Tsz Wai; external affairs vice-president of the current students' union of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU), Cheung Sum-yee; and former spokeperson of #StudentPoliticism, Chu Wai-ying.

The group organized their inaugural event on June 9, 2021. On the day two years ago, over 1 million Hongkongers took it to the street to protest against the government's plan to implement extration to China.

In the exhibition they are organizing in 2021, Local Youth Will aims to give voices to the detained, jailed and exiled pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

At a gallery called Parallel Space located in Shum Shui Po, photos, banners and art installations relating to the pro-democracy movement are displayed.

The group hopes that the memories of the #AntiELAB movement can be passed on, despite the authorities' incessant attempts to alter history.

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About the Exhibition:

"Walk-Through: 730 Days After June 9th"

Dates: 9 - 21 June, 2021

Time: 2 – 8pm (Mon - Fri); 11am – 8 pm (Sat and Sun)

Venue: Parallel Space, 20 Tai Nam Street, Shum Shui Po

Booking needed: https://bit.ly/3ga982f

 #FightForFreedom #HongKongYouth #Memories

#TwoYears #HongKongWay
Second Anniversary of Pro-democracy #HumanChain in Hong Kong; Commemorative Exhibitions Open in Estonia and Luthuania

Two years ago on August 23, 2019, around 210,000 pro-democracy Hongkongers formed a 60km human chain across the city, going through different districts and even up on Lion Rock. In addition to voice pro-democractic demands, the event also commemorated the 30th anniversary of the #BalticWay, where a 675km human chain was formed by over 2 million people across three countries occupied by Russia, namely, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. One year after the human chain event to raise international concern, Russia acknowledged the independent status of the three countries.

In 2021, a Hongkonger residing in Estonia, Iverson Ng, curated a photo exhibition titled "1989 Baltics - 2019 Hong Kong". The exhibiting partners include the Institute of Historical Memory in Estonis, the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Lithuania and the Museum of the Occupation (#MOL) in Latvia. The exhibition opened on August 23, 2021, marking the second anniversary of the Hong Kong Way and the 32nd anniversary of the Baltic Way.

However, the Museum of the Occupation (MOL) of Latvia suddenly pulled out just one week prior to the opening. The vice director of the museum, Taiga Kokneviča, wrote to Ng on August 17, 2022, saying that "it is not a moment to discuss other issues in the museum".

Despite this, the museum director Solvita Vība has earlier promoted the exhibition when speaking to the local media LSM. In the interview, Vība praised the perseverance and solidarity of pro-democracy Hongkongers and pointed out the support for Hongkongers from the country's Minister of Foreign Affairrs, Edgars Rinkēvičs.

Since the vice premier Artis Pabriks tweeted the news in his twitter, Ng does not think the government has put any pressure on the museum. The real cause of the withdrawal remains unclear.

In any case, the Estonian section of the exhibition is available online: https://chainsoffreedom.communistcrimes.org/

Source: Stand News #Aug23
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E4%BA%BA%E9%8F%88%E5%85%A9%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4-%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E6%B3%A2%E7%BE%85%E7%9A%84%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%89%E5%9C%8B%E8%BE%A6%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF%E5%B1%95%E8%A6%BD-%E6%8B%89%E8%84%AB%E7%B6%AD%E4%BA%9E%E5%B1%95%E9%A4%A8%E7%AA%81%E5%8F%96%E6%B6%88%E5%90%88%E4%BD%9C-%E5%89%AF%E7%B8%BD%E7%90%86%E4%BA%A6%E9%97%9C%E6%B3%A8

#Censorship #Photography #Exhibition #Latvia #Estonia #Lithuania

#Remembrance
“I won’t suicide” #exhibition organised to showcase #WhiteTerror and #PoliceBrutality

Source: Stand News; #Aug24

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#Remembrance
“I won’t suicide” #exhibition organised to showcase #WhiteTerror and #PoliceBrutality

"I cherish my life and love Hong Kong. I do not suffer any physical or mental illness, and I have no intention of suicide or self-harm..."

During the anti-extradition law amendment bill (Anti-ELAB) movement in Hong Kong in 2019, mysterious “body found” incidents had aroused tremendous public attention.

Many young pro-democracy protesters openly put down their “I won’t suicide” declaration on social media in order to avoid becoming the next victim of suspected police brutality.

Recently, Hongkongers abroad called people to screen cap of these declaration for an exhibition from 10 to 19 September, 2021 in Manchester.

Documentaries of this pro-democracy movement will also be shown at the exhibition so that visitors can come to learn all the truth and facts.

Artists, including Wong Kwok-choi(黃國才), Chu Yiu-wai(朱耀煒), Cheung Ka-lei (張嘉莉), Black Blog, Rice and Beans were invited to the exhibition.

The oganiser of the exhibition asked protesters to screen cap their declation, remove any sensitive information before sending their submission.

Source: Stand News; #Aug24

https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E5%BE%B5%E9%9B%86%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%8A%97%E7%88%AD%E8%80%85-%E4%B8%8D%E8%87%AA%E6%AE%BA%E8%81%B2%E6%98%8E-%E4%B8%8B%E6%9C%88%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B%E6%9B%BC%E5%9F%8E%E5%B1%95%E5%87%BA

#Art #Culture

#GlobalSolidarity
Czech Terezín Memorial Exhibits Portraits of Hong Kong #PoliticalPrisoners

A painting installation by Hong Kong artist #LorettaLau depicting some Hong Kong political prisoners will open on 7 October 2021 in Terezín Memorial, a former #NAZI concentration camp in the #CzechRepublic.

Lau was invited to take part in Fortress 1980 exhibition and human rights conference. Titled ‘The Cells’, the paintings are installed in solitary confinement cells, a stark reminder of ‘the nature of the dictators has never changed,’ said Lau.

'The Cells' features 13 political prisoners under the Hong Kong National Security Law, including Jimmy Lai Chi-ying, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, Tony Chung Hon-lam, Agnes Chow Ting, and more.

A faint portrait of each prisoner is painted on a piece of white door curtain installed at the entrance to a solitary confinement cell.

To have a clear view of the portraits, visitors must walk into the cells. Looking from inside out, the images will be lit up by the light outside.

The design aims to arouse the visitor’s empathy with those imprisoned. ‘I hope by having them walking into the cells, they will have a direct and personal experience of how being confined feels like,’ said Loretta.

*Note: The artist Loretta Lauwill stage a live performance at Terezín Memorial at 5pm Thursday Oct 7 (HKT 2300). She will use her movements and voices to commemorate the countless people who suffered in the concentration camps, to resonate between the tragedies in the past and the happening misfortunes.

The performance will be streamed live at: https://youtu.be/IZ6b-KPctOk

Source: Stand News #Oct1

https://www.thestandnews.com/art/%E6%8D%B7%E5%85%8B%E7%B4%8D%E7%B2%B9%E9%9B%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%87%9F%E7%B4%80%E5%BF%B5%E9%A4%A8%E5%B1%95%E8%A6%BD-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6%E7%8D%B2%E9%82%80%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87-%E5%B1%95%E5%87%BA%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%89%E6%B3%95%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95%E8%80%85%E8%82%96%E5%83%8F

#Art #Culture #Installation #Exhibition #TheCell #ProtestArt #ConcentrationCamp

#Art
#Brescia Exhibits #Badiucao's Artwork that Mocks Beijing’s #Propaganda

Defying the calls of the Chinese government to cancel an exhibition in a northern Italian city, #Brescia is hosting the first international solo exhibition by the 35-year-old artist, #Badiucao, an exile from China who now lives in Australia.

Displaying a torture instrument such as a rocking chair, dissident artist Badiucao mocks the propaganda of Beijing in this exhibition named “China is (not) near”.

The show denounces political repression in China and the country’s censorship of the origin of #Covid19.

Beijing responded to the exhibition in anger, accusing Badiucao’s works of being “full of anti-Chinese lies” that “jeopardise the friendly relations between China and Italy”. The PRC's embassy in Rome sent a letter to Brescia’s town hall.

Deputy Mayor #LauraCastelletti responded, “None of us in Brescia, neither in the city council nor among the citizens, had the slightest doubt about this exhibition going ahead.”

"Brescia, known for its Roman ruins, has a long tradition of welcoming dissidents, painters and writers, in defence of artistic freedom”, she added.

In an interview, Badiucao, who is nicknamed the Chinese #Banksy said he is “very happy and proud” that the city “had the courage to say ‘no’ to China to defend fundamental rights.”

Source: Radio Free Asia; #Nov13
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/11-11132021172450.html/ampRFA

#ProtestArt #WolfWarrior #FreedomofExpression #Creativity #Italy #NoToChina #Culture #Exhibition