Please join us and our fellow art spaces/galleries in Wong Chuk Hang on the evening of Thursday, May 15, from 5 to 11pm, when over fifteen spaces throughout the neighborhood will be open to the public (drinks and light snacks will be served).  To make the trip easy, there will be shuttles running from HKCEC and Central Pier 4 to us in Wong Chuk Hang (details here).

Spring Workshop will open our doors again that night to present “The Permeability of Certain Matters” by artists Christodoulos Panayiotou and Philip Wiegard.  During his two-month residency, Panayiotou embarked on a project in China’s Guangdong province, researching what has become home to the world’s largest concentration of artificial flower factories.

Accepting Panayiotou’s invitation to collaborate, artist Philip Wiegard took up a residency at Spring, directing production of a handcrafted wallpaper titled “Festoons” inspired by a German design from the 1770s. This pattern uses an artisanal technique that benefits from the dexterity of children’s small fingers. The wallpaper was produced during an eleven-day workshop attended by 32 children recruited from across Hong Kong.

The research and workshop programmes have culminated in an exhibition ”The Permeability of Certain Matters” that will be open from May 3 to July 13, and which will feature Panayiotou’s new photography works in confrontation with Wiegard’s wallpaper. Topics such as artisanship and mass production, pre-industrial and globalized production, representation, economy and the history of child labor are central to the exhibition.

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS
Art Basel (May 15 to 18)
12pm to 9pm

May 3 -July 13
12pm to 6pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Open on public holidays