Pratchaya Phinthong: Empty Set

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Para Site is thrilled to present Empty Set, a solo exhibition by Pratchaya Phinthong, curated by Billy Tang.

Phinthong’s first institutional solo exhibition in Hong Kong, Empty Set serves as both an intervention and a stage—bringing together cultural workers, scientists and cross-disciplinary collaborators to pose questions, share critical reflections and explore futures shaped by the climate emergency. The exhibition acts as a catalyst for a larger project that will unfold throughout fall 2025 in and around Para Site’s space through site interventions, a symposium, a film programme and performances.

The exhibition uses the empty set (∅) as a guiding concept and a conceptual placeholder for ideas and discussions outside of rigid knowledge structures. Empty Set creates a place for new possibilities, a literal opening of the exhibition space to the outside world. Walls, windows and other thresholds become elements of an experiential montage, edited into interventions that dissolve the fourth wall of the gallery and expose it to realities beyond.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Pratchaya Phinthong (b. 1974, Thailand) is a contemporary artist whose conceptual, research-driven practice examines themes of labour, migration, and economic systems. Through his internationally exhibited projects, Phinthong continues to interrogate the global circulation of goods, people, and ideas, foregrounding questions of value, exchange, and social responsibility in contemporary society.