Peer to Peer: UK/HK

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Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Exhibition
Ft. over 30 artists based in UK and Hong Kong
Exhibiting from 11 November - 13 December 2020

To celebrate international cultural exchange between the UK and Hong Kong, the Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival will be launching an online exhibition of new and existing digital artwork from UK and Hong Kong based artists from Wed 11 November to Sun 13 December 2020. The exhibition will be free to access and will accompany an online events programme discussing topical themes and issues affecting visual arts sectors across the world.

New Commissions

Five especially commissioned artworks will premiere on Wed 11 November in the Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Exhibition. These works celebrate artists based in the UK and Hong Kong that work with new media and digital platforms. Each of these artists were selected from nominations by UK and Hong Kong visual arts organisations.

The commissioned artists are Antonio Roberts (nominated by Charlotte Frost, Furtherfield), Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (nominated by Peter Bonnell, QUAD Derby), Hetain Patel (nominated and co-commissioned by Skinder Hundal, New Art Exchange, Nottingham), Lee Kai Chung (nominated by Wang Weiwei, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) and Sharon Lee Cheuk Wun (nominated by Bess Chan, Hong Kong International Photo Festival).

Existing Artwork

The five commissions will be accompanied by a series of existing artworks, also nominated by visual arts organisations in the UK and Hong Kong. These will include digital videos, animation, interactive media and augmented reality applications.

Artists exhibited include Megan Broadmeadow, Suki Chan, Luke Ching Chin Wai, Shezad Dawood, Sarah Eyre, Sarah Friend, Parham Ghalamdar, Rachel Goodyear, Lai Lon Hin, Choi Sai Ho, South Ho, Hui Wai Keung, David Lockwood, Elaine Wong and John Wong.

Social Media Residencies

Accompanying the commissions and existing artwork will be a series of social media residencies between UK and Hong Kong based artists taking over the social media accounts of visual arts organisations in the corresponding country.

Upcoming and ongoing residencies include: Arjun Harrison-Mann, Benjamin Redgrove and Kaiya Waerea with Eaton HK; Shane Aspegren with University of Salford Art Collection; Kashif Nadim Chaudry with CHAT; Chris Paul Daniels with WMA; Raul Hernandez with Open Eye Gallery; Tang Kwok Hin with Milton Keynes Arts Centre and Newlyn Art Gallery & the Exchange; Joey Holder with K11 Art Foundation; Hui Wai-Keung with QUAD Derby; Nisa Khan with Hong Kong International Photo Festival; Alex Chung Po Lun with CFCCA; Shy Bairns Collective with 1983 HK, Wu Jiaru with Furtherfield, and Wong Kit Yi with Castlefield Gallery.

Legacy Exhibition and Projects

Finally, Hong Kong based artist and researcher Lee Wing Ki will be taking over Open Eye Gallery’s public window exhibition space from 16 November to the 18 December 2020. Nominated by 1a space, Wing Ki will exhibit his black and white Night Walk (an excerpt) photography project (2019-2020) portraying a seemingly empty Hong Kong cityscape at night.

Meanwhile Tang Kwok Hin’s social media residency with Milton Keynes Arts Centre and Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange will happen after the festival. Having been born and raised in a walled village in Kam Tin, Tang Kwok-hin hopes to explore ideas of place through working with primary school children in both Newlyn and Milton Keynes.

About Peer to Peer: UK/HK

Peer to Peer: UK/HK is a programme designed to encourage meaningful cultural exchange and to forge enduring partnerships between the UK and Hong Kong's visual arts sectors.

The Festival will include an online exhibition of digital artworks from UK and Hong Kong based artists, alongside a programme of public events and panel talks.

The Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival will take place entirely online between 11-14 November 2020 on peertopeerexchange.org with the online exhibition extending to 13 December. The festival is free and open to all.