Tai Kwun Contemporary’s current exhibition INK CITY sets out an expanded vision of ink art firmly grounded in current social, political, and aesthetic concerns, featuring artists inspired by immediate encounters with contemporary life. Often caught between an overwhelming urbanism and intimate brushes with everyday life, the artists offer keen observations, commentaries, and sometimes even deconstructions of contemporary culture and society through their artworks.

Self-proclaimed as “King of Kowloon”, Tsang Tsou-Choi’s works featured in the exhibition INK CITY. He has spent years covering electrical utility boxes around Hong Kong with wild graffiti-like calligraphy. For decades since the 1950s, to the frustration of the authorities, these writings appeared all over the city on public surfaces and were viewed as a visual symbol of Hong Kong. As 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tsang Tsou-choi, we invite guests from various fields who are familiar with Tsang to share their stories of Tsang with the audience. This event will be conducted in Cantonese and English, with simultaneous interpretation. Please register.

10am-10:30am 《九龍皇帝》放映
Film Screening: King of Kowloon

10:30am-12pm 劉健威：當代水墨與九龍皇帝 Lau Kin Wai: Ink Art Now and King of Kowloon

12pm-1pm 又一山人（黃炳培）：皇帝和山人有一天約會 anothermountainman (Stanley Wong): King and Mountain Man Spent A Day Together

2pm-3pm Jehan Chu：重啟過去：九龍皇帝社群的未來 Jehan Chu: Activating the Past: The Future of the King of Kowloon Community

3pm-4pm 鍾燕齊：看到的、看不到的 Joel Chung: The (In)Visible

4pm-5pm MC仁：九龍皇帝與塗鴉文化
MC Yan: King of Kowloon and Graffiti Culture