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Thank you, next: The heritage of Disappearance in Hong Kong’s Architecture / Design Trust / Exhibition, Book / 2022-2023

Thank you, next is an archaeological exploration of materiality, meanings of heritage, urban forms and geometries, personal and historical narratives, offering alternative frame of reference on the built, demolished and natural environment of Hong Kong. While noticing the city’s relentless growth, this work aims to tell the story of material flows and construction currents in the context of space production and landscape ecology.

Located at the podium of a residential tower scheduled for demolition two weeks after the event, the exhibition consisted of multiple installations made of material fragments, remnants of demolished buildings and infrastructures, construction site elements and photographs. The panel discussion with guests Dr Cecilia L. Chu, Leelee Chan, Charlotte Lafont-Hugo and Charles Lai aimed to facilitate cross-disciplinary sharing and discussion on different methods of engaging with the built and the demolished, from more rigid approach of architecture history to more loose and self-defined found in artistic practice.

The publication ‘Thank you, next’, designed with Studio Pianpian He and Max Harvey, ends the project with a documentation of exhibition in Jordan, a transcript of the panel discussion and a conversation with artist Ko Sin Tung.

‘Thank you, next’ publication is stocked and available for purchase at Printed Matters (New York City), Jiazazahi (Ningbo, China), Art and Cultural Outreach (Wanchai, Hong Kong), Islanders (Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong), Kubrick (Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong), Księgarnia Bęc Zmiana (Warsaw, Poland) and CCA - Canadian Centre for Architecture Bookstore (Montreal, Canada).

‘Thank you, next’ publication was added to M+ Archives and Library and Asia Art Archive Library.

Press: SCMP, Artomity, Tatler Hong Kong

Natasza Minasiewicz