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Excellent Colour Limited gladly co-presents with venue partner Wyndham Social, Latency & Visibility - A Thirty-Year Journey with Hong Kong Photographers, an exhibition bringing together 30 renowned and emerging visual artists, each showcasing their unique interpretations of Hong Kong and the world through their lens.

In this exhibition, the audience will discover each artist's unique photographic perspective and style. Through their works, we delve into their different understandings of the world. We sincerely invite you to participate, hoping to offer you new perspectives and experiences of the world we live in.

For the past 30 years, Excellent Colour Ltd has been a vital force in the Hong Kong photography community, collaborating with over 100 prominent photographers, educational institutions, and art organisations. This exhibition highlights several renowned photographers with whom we have established long-standing partnerships, showcasing their personal works centred around global themes. Each artist will present a signature piece alongside a lesser-known work, offering a deeper insight into their creative journeys.

These pieces are highly anticipated and mark a significant event in the photography community. The organising body will employ various professional printing techniques to showcase the photographers' heartfelt creations. Our goal is to immerse the audience in the worlds envisioned by these talented artists while deepening appreciation for the professionalism and passion that goes into art printing.

Let us come together to experience and explore the past and present of the photographic world.

Exhibition period: 5 - 22 December 2024
Venue: 27/F, 33 Wyndham Street, Central

Michal Škapa (Tron), one of Czechia’s most renowned contemporary artists, will showcase his bold, urban-inspired works in “Burning Chrome”, his first ever exhibition in Asia.

One of the most prominent Czech artists associated with the graffiti and street art scene, Tron explores the concept of the writer as an active creator of urban codes and an observer of urban structures and architecture, uniquely attuned to perceiving and reflecting on the urban landscape with a distinct sensitivity.

In his evolving topography of the city’s ‘genetic code,’ Michal Škapa delves into cyberspace, drawing inspiration from the cyberpunk bible, William Gibson’s cult novel Neuromancer. This choice is fitting, as Gibson’s 1984 work predicted personal computers, the Internet, virtual reality, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and drones. Today, these technologies not only define how we operate but also influence how we model personal spaces and experience the present to such a degree that life without them now feels unimaginable. Another influential sci-fi novel inspired the cult film Blade Runner, whose creators used Hong Kong’s streets as a model for the urban environment.

In the digital and cyber worlds, certain entities are more virtual than physical, such as artificial intelligence or hacking programs. These represent ‘breaths of the past’ in contemporary reality—old technologies or memories of vanished urban layers, now replaced by a new technological environment.

The exhibition is intermedial, combining hanging paintings, neon tubes, canvas surfaces featuring the artist’s alphabet, and a large-format projection. A video loop, projected on a glass window, integrates the work into the surrounding architecture. As a dynamic light echo, it simultaneously re-enters the urban reality from which it originated.

Fresh Christmas, a mini exhibition celebrating Czech glass artistry. Curated by Petr Nový, Chief Curator of the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou, the exhibition showcases collaborations between DECHEM Studio, Illola Studio, and LLEV Studio, alongside traditional glassmakers Glassor, Irisa, and Rautis. Combining heritage with innovation, the display includes 3D-printed ornaments created by DECHEM Studio with FabLab, PolyU Design and Prusa Research. DECHEM Studio will be present to open the exhibition and share their creative process.

This exhibition is a part of CzechXmas at Wyndham Social presented by Wyndham Social and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong.

Excellent Colour Limited gladly co-presents with venue partner Wyndham Social, Latency & Visibility - A Thirty-Year Journey with Hong Kong Photographers, an exhibition bringing together 30 renowned and emerging visual artists, each showcasing their unique interpretations of Hong Kong and the world through their lens.

This session delves into the transition from darkroom processing to digital printing—how to present the "aura" of an image work of art? Explore the professional techniques and craftsmanship involved in presenting photographic works, from traditional darkroom methods to modern digital printing.

Speakers: SO Hing Keung, WONG Kin Yin

Conducted in Cantonese. Free entry by registration.

Excellent Colour Limited gladly co-presents with venue partner Wyndham Social, Latency & Visibility - A Thirty-Year Journey with Hong Kong Photographers, an exhibition bringing together 30 renowned and emerging visual artists, each showcasing their unique interpretations of Hong Kong and the world through their lens.

This conversation will delve into the unique challenges and dilemmas faced by the new generation of photographers in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Moderator: SO Hing Keung (Chief Curator)
Speakers: South HO, LAU Chi Chung, Kit Yee TONG

Conducted in Cantonese. Free entry by registration.