signals…瞬息: signals…storms and patterns

Date
Mar 18, 2023 – May 28, 2023
Location
Para Site
22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Bldg.
677 King's Road, Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
Opening Reception
Friday, March 17
6–8pm

Para Site is delighted to present the group exhibition ‘signals…瞬息’ (18 March–29 September 2023) curated by Billy Tang and Celia Ho. The exhibition marks the first chapter of the new direction for Para Site and will feature a series of commissions and existing works in dialogue with an experimental display structure that will transform throughout the exhibition.

‘Signals’ in the context of the exhibition are modes of kinetic art, communication, actions, and interventions to create a chain of reactions. As such, the participating artists will make use of cues including sound, smell, movement, and smoke to interrogate complex issues related to dispersed communities, migratory flows, and the intersection of technology, science, and architecture. The exhibition will unfold over three phases: ‘signals…storms and patterns’ (opening 17 March) will focus on self-organisation and the politics of space in contemporary artmaking; ‘signals…folds and splits’ (opening 9 June) will in turn reflect on the temporality of artworks and alternative economies of time; and finally, ‘signals…here and there’ (opening 11 August) will explore dispersal as a strategy to think about contemporary global issues through the lens of Hong Kong.

Taking inspiration from the seminal gallery and art salon Signals London (1964–1966), the exhibition represents strategies to reconnect with the global community from the pivot point of Hong Kong in a post-pandemic world, and is conceived as an exhibition that is allowed to evolve and remain dynamic beyond its opening. The reconfigurable display system of the exhibition serves as an ongoing spatial investigation as artworks/happenings rotate, unfold, fragment, or dissolve throughout the exhibition period.

Participating artists of ‘signals…storms and patterns’ (18 March–28 May 2023):

Christine Sun Kim, Linda Chiu-han Lai, Candice Lin & P. Staff, Pratchaya Phinthong, Printhow, James Richards, Wing Po So, Mika Tajima, Tang Kwok Hin, Truong Cong Tung, with atmospheric interventions including a publishing project by Wing Chan featuring photography by South Ho, and a broadcasting project by Wan Ing Que, Elaine W. Ho, and Kunci Study Forum & Collective with the School of Improper Education in collaboration with Hong Kong Community Radio

 

Exhibition spatial design:

Joel Austin

Exhibition Schedule

‘signals…storms and patterns’
Opening 17 March, 18 March–28 May

‘signals…folds and splits’
Opening 9 June, 10 June–30 July

‘signals…here and there’
Opening 11 August, 12 August–29 September

support

Para Site Art Space is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the exhibition only, but does not otherwise take part in it. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in the materials/activities (or by members of the Para Site team) are those of the organisers of the exhibition only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The exhibition is supported by M Art Foundation.

Logistics Partner: Brinks Fine Art Services

Installation Views

Exhibition Catalogue