Double Blue: An Altered Fairy Tale of Hong Kong (II) featuring Florence Yuk-ki Lee

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Only when the stories of many are pieced together does this city find its wholeness…

The phrase, “Hong Kong evolved from a small fishing village into an international metropolis” has, for years, served as a narrative framework in shaping how we perceive the city. Yet, behind this grand narrative of economic development and vertical ambition, is there still space for the scent of the streets, the whispers of lovers, or moments of solitude flickering outside a window at midnight?

In this second chapter of the exhibition, multiple modes of expression are brought into dialogue. Beyond the artist’s visual interpretations, the exhibition incorporates a participatory dimension, inviting visitors to become storytellers. We invite you to start from the nuances of daily life and gather the whispers scattered within. In this space outlined by two trajectories of Double Blue – the sea and the sky, the city’s “Altered Fairy Tale” begins to form. This is not a search for a standardized fairy-tale ending, but an attempt to allow voices long hidden in the background to be read once more — collectively creating a portrait of the city in all its warmth and authenticity.

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Double Blue: An Altered Fairy Tale of Hong Kong (II) – Artist Talk
Thursday 23 April 2026
18:30 19:30
HART HAUS 4/F 12P Smithfield Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
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ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Florence Yuk-ki Lee (b. 1994, Hong Kong) is an artist and animation director working across experimental animation, installation, drawing, and artist publishing. Her practice explores the sense of place and topophilia, approaching "place" as an affective construct shaped by movement, memory, and perception. Her experimental animations are composed of digitally hand-drawn frames that flow seamlessly in motion, unfolding as micro-narratives attentive to emotional residue, transition, and states of suspension.
Her work has been exhibited and screened internationally at institutions including the M+ Museum (Hong Kong), MoCA Taipei (Taiwan), the Centre Pompidou online series (France), the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia), MoNTUE (Taiwan), Artside Gallery (Seoul), and the Chengdu Art Museum (China). Her recent solo exhibitions include Starlit Oceans of Distant Lands (MoCA Taipei, 2025) and Let it sprout beneath my skin (Artside Gallery, Seoul, 2024). Her animation films Park Voyage (2022) and Elephant in Castle (2021) have received international recognition at major film festivals, including nominations at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France), Animafest Zagreb (Croatia), and Fantoche (Switzerland). Her work is held in the permanent collection of the M+ Museum.
Lee holds a BA from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and an MFA from the City University of Hong Kong, where she is currently a Lecturer, teaching across the university’s BA and MFA programmes.