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This week’s main feature is a lesson in how almost every quotidian – might I say, boring – detail actually holds a fascinating story. You’ve been to many a cha chaan teng, but how often have you given any thought to the mismatched tiles plastering the walls?
For artist Adrian Wong Ho-yin, Hong Kong’s off-kilter tiles became the inspiration for his current show at Oil Street Art Space in North Point. He describes how these ceramic pieces evoked the feeling of “looking through a wormhole into the past” to Christopher DeWolf, who then dives headfirst into the design element’s history.
“Tiles, really?” you might still be saying. I promise it’s a good one. One detail from the story I found intriguing is how builders often layer new tiles on top of old to save time and money, creating the “wormhole into the past” Wong mentions. I also loved his line, “Laziness plus a couple of generations becomes charm.” Truly, so much of Hong Kong’s undeniable charm is in the remnants of the past, all plain to see if you just look.
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