“Reposition" Conceptual Art Exhibition
《出口》 觀念藝術展

Participating Artists:
TANG Kwok Hin, WONG Wing Tong, Michelle WONG, Yang YEUNG, Candy YEUNG, C & G
Opening Party: 30/6/2024, 6:01pm (UK time) [1/7/2024, 1:01am (HK time)]
Exhibition Period: 1/7/2024 - 30/7/2024
Opening Hours: Sun, Mon, Tue (1pm-6pm)
Venue: 71 Holme Lane, S6 4JP, Sheffield, UK

About:
Modern Hong Kong was born in 1841, in an entangling relationship with the British colonial rule.

Growing in between Britain and China, people in Hong Kong have taken a long time to develop their distinct identity of Hongkongers, which is then suppressed by the neo-coloniser of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).   Such suppression is more intensified since the 2019 revolution in Hong Kong, but has been taking place ever since the 1970s when the CCP denied Hongkongers’ right to self-determine its future at the United Nations.  

Founded in 2007 in Hong Kong, C & G Artpartment has relocated to the UK since 2021, and is reopening its new art space in Sheffield, Northern England. 

This group project of “Reposition” was first realised and shown in the group exhibition titled "Cures: Chronic Promises" in Savvy Contemporary at Berlin (LINK) . Resonating with an article by Yang Yeung, titled "What it might mean to live as peers of contemporary art: a personal reflection on nostalgia’s demand from Hong Kong" (LINK) , this project invites five good friends of C & G, TANG Kwok Hin, Michelle WONG, WONG Wing Tong, Candy YEUNG and Yang YEUNG to artistically respond to C & G’s practises, helping them review the past and dance with the future. 

From Hong Kong to the UK, C & G look forward to working with Hong Kong artists in different corners of the world to re-position Hong Kong Art, amid the ongoing dialogues of decoloniality with the international communities that go beyond Hong Kong.

C & G 藝術單位 從香港暫時出走，輾轉間去到英國雪埠Sheffield，為自己嘅藝術創作、藝術生涯，搵個出口，重新定位。

香港人、香港文化、香港藝術，喺2019年後，不得不走出國際。

從前嘅「香港國際都會」指香港境內有來自世界各地嘅人，而家「國際化香港」係指有好多香港人出走國際，喺世界各地都有「香港」。

離散、出走，喺後殖民世界，唔係新鮮事。但對於第一次經歷嘅人，仍然會不知所措。

究竟香港人點樣可以喺全球嘅後殖討論中，搵到一啲線索去幫自己？

境內、境外嘅香港人，又可以點樣緊扣互動？令「煲底相見」唔好變成無聊廢話？

C & G當然未有答案，但我哋一向都認為，要從實踐中學習。我哋再設置一個實體藝術空間，就係要去做實驗，去搵出路。路係人行出嚟嘅，唔行就唔會體驗到前面嘅境況。

慶幸，有一班勇於冒險嘅朋友，可以一齊探路、一齊搵出口。