[FFF.WVA]
Hong Kong constantly reinvents itself through a series of rapid disappearance and resurrections of all things temporal. How does a space acquire meanings and gain tractions in the society of which it serves before it expires? Wanchai Visual Archive (WVA) and Fashion Farm Foundation (FFF) explore this issue by rejuvenating the spaces inside two of the prototypical building types, the ubiquitous tenement houses and factory buildings.
WVA attempts to document and archive the culture of the immediate neighborhood through workshops, seminars, and exhibitions through its two years of existence as an institution. Through the use of a unique numbering system, the vertical stair tower of the 6-storey building is transformed into a building of infinite floors, connecting the street life and the rooftop activities. While at FFF the horizontality of factory space is exploited to its fullest with the creation of a 30-meter long multifunctional space that allows seminars, workshops, pop-up shops, and fashion shows for the community of young aspiring designers. Through the support of FFF, the young designers' presence is deliberately transient in this space, ensuring the successions of generations after the first comers spin off on their own.
Have you ever embarked on a journey through the rapidly disappearing tenement and factory buildings wondering what they contain behind their seemingly dilapidated appearances? We invite you, through this work of installation, on such a journey of exploration. Take a peek.