Daguerreotypes at Neptune

Category: Art

Genre: Visual Art

Company:

Venue:
Unit 153 G/F, Koway Court, 111 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Date and Time:
March 11 – April 30 by appointment Opening: March 10th, 6-10pm, all welcome!

Ticket Price:
free!

Location:
HK Island

Nearest MTR Station:
Chai Wan

Age Limitation: ---

Daguerreotypes is about different rituals that people have in relation to common objects and places, and is an indirect response to the idiosyncratic singularity of many of the specialised small shops surrounding Neptune. These commercial units, often not more than a shop-window, each have their own politics of display and house diverse services and knowledge. From a Chinese doctor specialised in joint problems to a hardware store, from a domestic helpers agency to a diorama shop, every business is a micro-universe. They also represent a grassroots entrepreneurship that has resisted the wave of more homogeneous corporate shopping architectures.