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 Still from Jes Fan, Palimpsest , 2023. All images courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery

Still from Jes Fan, Palimpsest, 2023. All images courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong

In Jes Fan’s glass-and-resin sculptures at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, a local pearl oyster embodies the island’s long-running struggle against the conspiracies of empire.

 Vunkwan Tam,  78i78 , 2022, blanket, water, synthetic doe urine, 145 x 140 x 18 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo: Michael Yu

Vunkwan Tam, 78i78, 2022, blanket, water, synthetic doe urine, 145 x 140 x 18 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo: Michael Yu

In his debut show at Empty Gallery in Hong Kong, Vunkwan Tam turns doe urine into a metaphor for dramatized emotional wallowing.

Album cover of Xper.Xr, … … …. .. (2002)

"Tailwhip" shows off (occasinally bloody) ephemera from Xper.Xr’s three decades of activity in the industrial noise music and anti-art realms, offering a rare window into Hong Kong's poorly-documented underground scene.