LET’S TALK

Simon Liu, Hong Kong SAR / USA, 16mm > digital, 11 min, 2023

On the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China, directives for “a new era” promising stability and prosperity are found on murals and public slogans. Meanwhile, uneasy thoughts cast unusual shades over daily life. Old feelings arise, a pressure builds, conjuring distant voices from the concrete, never quite getting their point across. Something calls for repair but we can’t just talk it out, can we?

Simon Liu (1987). Works in film, media installation and performance; 15+ films since 2008; exhibitions at institutions including The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and Moderna Museet Stockholm; screenings at venues including Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma, Berlinale, and Jeonju International Film Festival. Work in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and M+ Museum Hong Kong. Originally from Hong Kong SAR, currently lives in New York, New York.