“Street Market from Different Perspectives”

Presented by St. James' Settlement, Wanchai Street Market Concern
Co-presented by UMA G
Fully supported by Mobile Advernture Ltd, Mackie Study, Cite Publishing
Artists: Bendick Leung, Arnold Lee, Winfred Li, Stanley Ng

No cable car, no billboard, no chained store and no air-con, let alone faked heritage and pseudo-collective memory. This is a street market, living and being lived. It provides daily necessities with a bonus of warmth from neighbors and friends. Formed after the Second World War, Wan Chai Street Market has been the cradle of streetwise small business, supporting a diversified economy that encouraged people to be their own bosses. With the hope to propagate this unique Hong Kong culture, some hawkers and young people set up Wan Chai Street Market Concern in early 2007. They have been organizing various actions and now, under the bright summer sun, they gather in the market again, to look closer and think wider. Through photography, sketching and interviewing, they uncover the cultural ecology that is most intimate to but often overseen in our lives. And it is hope that these gems in the street market discovered could anchor the market against the threat of extinction.

website: http://www.streetmarketconcern.net

Opening Reception:
21.7.2007 (Sat) 4pm – 7pm

Exhibition Period:
21.7.2007 - 10.8.2007