Official Artist
Simon Birch
Painter
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Hope and Glory is officially open.
every day from 10am -8pm.
Artistree at Cornwall house, TaiKoo Place. Quarry Bay MTR.
Free entry!
well, it's all up and running and so far people have been completely blown away! people wander around for hours trying to take it all in.
it's a very overwhelming show, very unlike anything anyone seems to have seen before. It's almost like a mini Venice Biennale as there's so much going on with a dozen different films, large neons, sculptures, human forms, skate ramp....it's pretty crazy.
The local press all came through on Friday, Apple Daily, Ming Pao Daily News, Milk magazine, and many more. They all seemed ver...Read more
In case you don't already know, this coming Thursday is the big one. The huge opening party fpor Hope and Glory.
The whole thing is to be run by Diesel the fashion brand who have been incredibly supportive.
Entertainment for the night, apart from the show itself, will be live music performed by Gary Gunn who will be playing with his band, tracks from his Destroying Beauty album.
Also Hong Kong favourites Chochukmo who I recently designed their album cover where I painted them all naked. Gross.
It all kicks ...Read more
here's a few shots from our last few days installing.
we finished yesterday and it's now open to the public though there are still a couple of slight technical issues.
anyway, by the time we have the big opening party on thursday it'll be all good.
it's a very overwhelming piece of art, not something you've ever seen before. there are 20 installations, 10 of which are film.
i recommend you come a few times to absorb it slowly. you can't rush through.
all AND members are welc...Read more
Almost the very last piece of film. We spent the whole day in Wing Shya's studio today working on one additional film. I won't tell you much about it but it's AWESOME.
Wing is just an amazing talented artist, so much fun to work with. We got great shots and all were happy even though it was a very very long day for everyone.
