The expansive, LED canvas of M+ façade is one of the largest media screens in the world, and it is now showing a brand-new series of work that highlights Hong Kong in all its magical, intimate, neon-drenched, lively moments.
Named HK:PM, this commissioned art piece is by internationally acclaimed photographer Greg Girard, who is well-known for capturing cities in transformation, and how personal moments come together to shape collective history. Analogue photos from Girard’s personal collection, shot in Hong Kong between the 70s and 90s, have been animated to show the beauty and complexity of our city’s dense urban fabric in cinematic fashion. Wong Kar-wai may have inextricably linked us with neon-lit romanticism, but these new sequences show real-life Hong Kong in all its striking glory.
Some of the scenes captured include rare images of the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City; workers and fashionable citizens going about their daily hustle in Central; airplanes flying over the dense city blocks near the old Kai Tak Airport; neon-lit streets; revellers making the city come alive at night; and also some celebrity moments.
Catch Hong Kong’s photographic memories and stories shown on the M+ façade every night from now until September 28. The best place to view this is from the harbourfront between the Central ferry piers and the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Sheung Wan.
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