WKM GALLERY is pleased to present K-NARF & SHOKO’s HATARAKIMONO PROJECT and to invite you to be part of it through an analogue-immersive exhibition that will happen in 2 parts to fully experience their project.

Started in 2016 in Tokyo, it took 3 years for artist-duo K-NARF & SHOKO to create an unprecedented visual archive made of a hundred portraits of HATARAKIMONO, the Japanese workers. They are now extending their project to the world planning to travel in 20 countries. In one year, they have already collected about 180 new portraits with expeditions in Italy, America, Canada, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Hatarakimono Project featuring hundreds of portraits of Japanese workers is currently archived until 2042 and will be exhibited at five international museums chosen by the artists. This unprecedented photographic project took about two years as every portrait had to be done directly on the spot with a portable photography background and then manually processed as tape-o-graphs, a Neo-analogue photographic technique invented by K-NARF more than fifteen years ago. This unique method of capturing moments, directly associated with the BRICOLAGE Art movement, reveals a staunch acceptance of reality in human history and evolution while paying a respect to those hard working people whose individual daily routines indeed become part of history in the making.

Exhibition Part 01: 8 – 10 March 2024

During their stop-over to collect portraits of Hong Kong workers, K-NARF & SHOKO are also taking over WKM GALLERY to present the entire process of making this monumental photographic project. RSVP required.

Gallery address: 20/F, Coda Designer Building, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road