The Works：Hong Kong Dragon Kiln, Wei Leng Tay’s “Abridge” & in the studio: cellist Bernard Chan & ba

Located in the west of Hong Kong’s New Territories, Tuen Mun lies between two mountains, Castle Peak and Kau Keng Shan. At one time it was a port and the location of a defence garrison because it was so close to the sea. Its local occupations, including trade, fishing, and salt production, can be traced back to the Tang dynasty. Although today’s Tuen Mun is a new town, there are still a few remnants of the past. One of them is the Hong Kong Dragon Kiln tucked away off Castle Peak Road.

Currently on show at WMA Space the exhibition “Abridge” features the personal stories of Singaporean cross-disciplinary artist Wei Leng Tay presented in photography, video, and sound. The exhibition includes photographic prints made by re-photographing analogue images of some of her previous works and transforming them into digital copies. Some of the works include images of her living and working in Hong Kong between 1999 and 2015. Tay says her aim is to explore the way we see and interact with images in an uncertain present.

After graduating from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, cellist Bernard Chan went on to study for his Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music.
While there, he was selected to take part in an exchange programme with the North German Radio orchestra. Apart from playing the cello, Bernard also sings and plays the piano. Earlier this week, he came to our studio to tell us about his upcoming concert, “About Time”.