just a quick hong kong graffiti update. the people behind the llama wheat paste creations that now decorate tin hau & tai hang (among many other hk locales), just got in touch. the group calls themselves “the martians” & these “aliens” say that they come in peace & using “the universal language – art, to express messages to you.” far more interesting idea than the usual spaceship landing.
you can check out their fb page to see more of their commentaries around hk.
a collection of faces (in hong kong graffiti form) from around the city …
thanks to the guys at g.o.d for this new addition to hong kong graffiti.
although nothing else might be free in hong kong, at least this person’s political opinion via hong kong graffiti is.
clearly someone got a bit bored of the usual hong kong graffiti decorations in tai hang and grabbed some wheat paste to do something about it. the llama/草泥马 (cao ni ma) looks like a start from zero creation, but not sure about the others though. thoughts?
around the corner from one of the best afternoon tea set in hong kong.
thankfully the nearest happy meal is a few minute walk away…
know this person?
okay, i’m cheating a little and this last hong kong graffiti pict. it was taken just over the border from tai hang in causeway bay; i still love the multi-color afro nonetheless.
was in sheung wan for a hotel review and happened upon these bits of hong kong graffiti down a back alley. almost too bad they’re hidden from sight.
so not quite hong kong graffiti, but cars with ridiculous license plates (or are just ridiculous themselves) are just begging to have their photo snapped. here are four i caught in my ‘hood. the “u wish” deserves its own award for pretentiousness.
have you seen any other good plates roaming the streets of hong kong lately?
with school starting (school = hkust mba program) there hasn’t been a ton of time to post, but will try to my best to make up for lost pages now. with the races back (yes, there was time for the races of posting on here) i snapped a couple of picts in happy valley. first set here are from the underground pedestrian passage.
this set were snapped along my walk home just north of the track. the first one looks like a graphics airlines tag.
took advantage of the weekend weather to hit a couple of hiking trails. although there wasn’t any out-&-out hong kong graffiti, lots of people seemed to have used the rock & moss to express themselves. found these designs up mount butler.
okay, there’s no hong kong graffiti in this one, but i included it because i love this view of the icc & ifc bookending victoria harbour.
other than finding it a bit odd that people felt like carving into the rocks up there, the content in the middle of the three photos is odd to say the least (or maybe my graffiti imagination isn’t creative enough).
all the way to the left is the phrase “jesus smiles” while on the right it’s “he sees you [some word that looks a lot like ‘naked’]”. still not sure of the two thoughts are related. of all the things to write on rocks overlooking the city though, that’s the hong kong graffiti that came to someone’s mind. really?
finding this stuff also reminded me of some fun shots i took a while back while hiking from quarry bay to stanley by the reservoir. love that hike.
although i’ll admit that i went in with pretty low expectations of the “art” that was going to grace our table at mandarin grill + bar as part of the art hk 2012 menu. i ate my words — literally & figuratively — as the courses came rolling out.
you can read my full review on “art hk 2012: edible art“, but had to share the images from the graffiti-inspired course here. (also read the full piece to see images of the dessert course that absolutely blew me away.)
the course in the photos is based on the concept of a graffiti-covered berlin wall. the “wall” is made of foie gras & brioche, & the combination’s topped with an edible sugar-based sheet that’s the canvas for the graffiti. the portion could easily feed two, but can’t really hold that against it.
even if you’re “not an art fan” (although it seems like just about everyone is professing love for some art form or another leading up to art hk 2012) this is a piece of creativity that you’ll still be able to get behind.
(although i did take my own photos, these are courtesy of the mandarin grill + bar since they’re so much better than mine for this hong kong graffiti post.)