威尼斯雙年展2019隨著日落的節奏下謝幕

The first Sunday marked our busiest day here since arriving, we had nearly 1,000 visitors stepping through to see “Shirley Tse: Stakeholders, Hong Kong in Venice”. During my internship at the Hong Kong Pavilion which started in September, I photographed countless visitors who saunter through our wooden-door entrance. The photographs captured them in candid freeze-frames and I sketched those who made an indelible impression on me.

A self-discovery to an ambiguous and complex reflection on encounters and separations, triggered by Shirley Tse: Stakeholders, Hong Kong in Venice.

How to greet people in Italian and why does it even matter?

An account of how to respond in a case of artwork emergency (Venice edition)

The title of this year’s Hong Kong exhibition at the 58th Venice Biennale is “Stakeholders: Hong Kong in Venice,” through which artist Shirley Tse proposes a world-view where everyone is a stakeholder. Here, I would like to introduce some of the stakeholders of the Venice Biennale–the Biennale exhibition staff. These are the indispensable but unacknowledged individuals who spend the most time at the exhibitions, who take care of the artworks and venues, greet and aid dazed and confused visitors, and make sure the show go on (or not) under whatever circumstances.

“May You Live in Interesting Times,” the title of the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale, is said to be an ancient Chinese curse, though none of the Chinese here at the Biennale, at least those I have met, seem to have any inkling where this comes from.

During this internship, I have given many golden chances to explore more about West Kowloon

時光荏苒，漸漸已經適應在西九工作的日子。如果要以音樂來形容工作的日子和西九的境況，大概就是序曲吧。