Videotage is pleased to present the group show Ersilia: Body Of The Gateway Cities from 22 April to 29 May 2022 at Videotage (exhibition) and www.videotagecinema.com (online screening). Co-presented with FRAC Alsace, Ersilia explores the relationship between people and land through video art from Hong Kong and France. Does a place shape its residents? Do we shape where we live? Hong Kong and Alsace are nearly 10,000 kilometres apart yet share some similarities: historically, both regions are the gateways of cultural exchanges with people who come, go, or stay. The fluidity in the population results in their unique and rich languages, people, thoughts, and stories.

The exhibition attempts to examine the delicate experiences of living between different cultures in Hong Kong and Alsace through the artworks of 8 Hong Kong and French artists: Annabelle Amoros, Robert Cahen, Comma (Clémence Choquet et Mickaël Gamio), Chilai Howard, Ellen Pau, Céline Trouillet, Yan Wai Yin, and Samson Young.

Curated by Angel Leung, the exhibition will put the Hong Kong and French artworks in pairs under 4 sub-themes: Stories, Languages, People and Thoughts to examine the similar or different experiences in both places.

Venue address: Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon