Other · 2021
A concise visual statement shaped by care, civic identity and the desire to protect a local community.
Protect Hongkonger is an art, anthropology and sociology project proposing an exhibition of iconic toys from different stages of Hong Kong’s social development. It treats toys as material culture and collective memory through which the identity and core values of Hongkongers can be maintained.
Project framework
Process and approach
The proposal invites the Sham Shui Po vintage shop thegoodthebad&thecreative (雅俗共想) to contribute objects and knowledge. The shop’s collections, the artist’s film photographs of its environment and direct interaction with its staff connect museum display to a living local archive.
The exhibition contains a timeline of Hong Kong toys and social change, a photographic portrait of the vintage shop, and a display of objects selected from its collection. Paper, tin, plastic, vehicle, film-related, doll and stuffed toys trace changing design and everyday life.
Designed as a simulation for the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the exhibition combines explanatory boards, chronological displays, a promotional poster and a dedicated shop presentation. Its objective is to protect collective memory by encouraging visitors to recognise, discuss and inherit local material culture.
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