| Date: | 10.SEPT.22 - 26.NOV.22 |
| Time: | 11:00am - 8:00pm |
| Place: | North Point (East) Ferry Pier |
Bamboo is commonly found in local villages. Villagers would make bamboo products that were sold to “mountain goods” shops in the city. However, over time, these goods and local bamboo have been outcompeted and forgotten.
Can we re-establish the use of local materials and their rural-urban linkage in the present day? This installation is an experiment on local bamboo from harvesting and treatment to making. Over the course of the exhibition, the bamboo will be left to dry and gradually turn from green to yellow.
The Common Map is a multi-disciplinary studio focusing on rural revitalization. Having produced a series of community maps, illustrations and videos exploring local village culture at Lai Chi Wo, Mui Tsz Lam and So Lo Pun, the studio recently started “Home at Mui Tsz Lam” – a project at Mui Tsz Lam supported by the HSBC Rural Sustainability Scheme, CCSG, the University of Hong Kong that explores the relationship between man and nature and the use of local materials such as bamboo, broken construction materials and plant-based dyes; The Common Map is also collaborating with MaD Social Lab to curate a rural database of Hong Kong.