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David on Formosa

Chinese Australian artist Badiucao has appeared on billboards in Hong Kong saying the words "You must take part in revolution." The words are the title of his graphic novel and also a quote by Mao Zedong

Badiucao used a pseudonym to display the videos as part of Hong Kong's Art Week. In 2018 he was forced to cancel an exhibition of his work in Hong Kong due to pressure from Chinese authorities

hongkongfp.com/2025/04/01/chin

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP · Chinese political artist Badiucao sneaks message onto Mong Kok billboards for Hong Kong’s Art WeekBy Hong Kong Free Press
#HongKong#art#activism
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Jenny Lam

Lee Mingwei, “Guernica in Sand,” a massive #interactive installation at M+ #Museum, which I visited yesterday.

Sand #painting often embodies impermanence and change. Lee brings these ideas to an iconic work of #art, “Guernica,” which Pablo Picasso painted in response to the brutality of the Spanish Civil War. By rendering scenes of horror and chaos in this transitory medium, “Guernica in Sand” invites us to reconsider the

iPhone 12 Pro photo by Jenny Lam of Lee Mingwei’s “Guernica in Sand” interactive installation at Hong Kong’s M+ Museum, parallel to the new exhibition “Picasso for Asia — A Conversation”
#HongKong#MastoArt#FediArt
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Wigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚

“… The last paper standing was a gossip rag turned last one to speak truth to power( not unlike @TeenVogue and @RollingStone ) ..."

#MustRead about #FreeSpeech from a #HongKong citizen 👇🏽

From: @chu
climatejustice.social/@chu/114

Climate Justice SocialChu 朱 (@chu@climatejustice.social)The US is about to (actually already going) through censorship that those of us with ties to China know all too well. Though I don't have direct experience, I can tell you a little bit from my perspective as a member of the Hong Kong diaspora. I don't know how much this will help, but take it as you will. Growing up in Canada, we would be "reminded" once in a while about things we can and can't say. It's not that there was real fear (since we were here), but more like habit, especially from the newly immigrated relatives from the mainland. We would say something like "Tiananmen Square was so awful" and then get a "shhhh" from a relative. As the internet was becoming a thing, it started off cool, but then pretty soon, entire websites were out of bounds. Friends and relatives visiting the mainland couldn't send updates to sites like FB while they were away. (Though FB is effectively US gov controlled so this specifically won't be a problem... but the point is that sites outside of their control will be). As domestic social media started being a thing, terms would often be censored depending on the moment. For a while, the word "emperor" was censored b/c people started calling Xi an emperor. Sensitive information is always controlled. People are always on eggshells. I was chatting with a friend and said Xi's name. She immediately said "shhh" reached for her phone, shut it off, and threw it in the bottom of the bag where the mic would be muffled. Then said "warn me before you say his name so I can turn off everything". Whether or not they were actually listening, the fear is constant. As Hong Kong protests reached its peak, the government moved in to quash all the news. The last paper standing was a gossip rag turned last one to speak truth to power (not unlike Teen Vogue and Rolling Stone). I still haven't figured out this phenomenon of celebrity gossip being the hope of free speech, but here you have it. Maybe b/c the gov doesn't go after them first? The netizens come up with words and euphemisms that need constant changing to evade detection. This is at a level I haven't grasped yet. But I know it exists and a thing I believe USians will need to learn and get used to. Free speech was one the things those of us in the diaspora were very proud of. We can say what we wanted without fear. That is getting taken away (already gone in the US). It is the single greatest loss in a civilization. Those of us in other Western democratic countries need to take note and not let this disease spread. We will regret it greatly when it does.
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