Flowers Gallery is pleased to present Luka Yuanyuan Yang's first solo exhibition, Time Capsule, in Hong Kong, featuring five short films created between 2019 - 2022.

These short films derive from the artist's multifaceted research-based project Dance in Herland, encompassing five short films, photographic documentation, a collection of archives, a publication and feature-length documentary Chinatown Cha-Cha, slated for release in Chinese cinemas in late 2024.

Yang's interest in the Chinese diaspora stems from her time in the UK observing visitors frequenting Chinese restaurants serving as time capsules that reflect the cultural limbo of immigrants - a state frequently overlooked both in China and their adopted countries. Fascinated by immigrants and their transnational experiences, Yang has extensively researched their sounds and visual cultures in the 20th century, with a particular focus on Chinese women and LGBTQ+ figures.

Yang's visual language and documentarian approach to storytelling projects the different spatial, emotional and historical dimensions of the Chinese diaspora in film, discussing the complexity of identities and challenges posed to immigrants.

Private View: 11 September (Wednesday), 6-8pm

Curators Panel: 11 September (Wednesday), 7-8pm

Gallery address: 49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan