Latitude 22N presents the drawings and writings of Gérard Henry
Gérard Henry
Hong Kong: between mountains and sea
Exhibition
9 May–26 May 2024
Venue
Latitude 22N
16B, Man Foong Industrial Building, 7 Cheung Lee Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Opening hours
Wednesday to Sunday: 11AM–7PM
Monday and Tuesday: closed
Parenthèses and Latitude 22N are pleased to present Hong Kong: Between Mountains and Sea, a solo exhibition of drawings paired with written works by French artist Gérard Henry. This presentation is timed to coincide with the launch of Henry’s second book Hong Kong : Entre Montagnes et Mer, published by TANDE&M Editions for the account of Continental Books Limited (ISBN : 978-988-70478-0-3)
“I am simultaneously a stroller, walking back alleys and small streets night and day, a writer, and an artist portraying Hong Kong through my words and drawings. To me, Hong Kong transpires its beauty as much from the inside as from the surface. A city does not exist without living things – living things being people, animals, and plants. They shape this city and give it it’s unique personality.”
A black ink pen and paper always at hand, Gérard Henry explores, observes, and captures the essence of Hong Kong in his intricate, delicate, and highly detailed drawings as well as his writings. Through his compositions he offers us his vision of the city – one that is both poetic and warm.
Gérard Henry is a writer and an art critic who also practices drawing and sketching. What started as a form of meditation quickly became a daily ritual in his life – an avid stroller and a quiet spectator, he puts down on paper illustrated and written reflexions, musings, and contemplations.
In his work he chronicles back alleys, old architecture, houses, flora, fauna, and scenes captured on the fringes of the city he has called home since 1981. He also draws portraits where he reveals the personality of his friends through their home or studio as well as the paraphernalia they surround themselves with – he feels that where a person lives is a projection of their inner self.
Drawing and writing are for him two complementary ways of archiving the city. Most of Henry’s sketches are reflections on Hong Kong’s intangible spirit, its festivals, and its traditions. Drawing Hong Kong is also a way of traveling through the city. He never works after photos; instead, he always draws what he sees and feels on the spot.
“Giacometti once said, “drawing makes me understand things” and I know that to be true. Drawing forces you to observe, to discern, otherwise one would not be able to draw. Whether the result is a masterpiece or not doesn’t matter, the simple action of drawing is a profound experience that expands our understanding of the world around us.”
Hong Kong: Between Mountains and Sea is an exhibition of a curated selection of Henry’s drawings coupled with excerpts from his new book. Presented like a visual diary, they reflect his involvement in the art scene and strong connection to the city – a real testament to his deep affection for Hong Kong. As viewers we get to embark on an intimate journey of Hong Kong seen through Henry’s eyes and fall in love, repeatedly, with this beautiful city.
This exhibition is an Associated Programme of Le French May Arts Festival 2024
Books and prints by the artist will be available for purchase throughout the exhibition.
Limited edition art prints by Gérard Henry
My bookshelves at Prince’s Terrace
HK$4,800 – HK$5,900
Flowers at home
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
Sonia in her reading nook
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
The artist’s home
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
The home of the author, an avid reader
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
Sonia’s desk #2
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
Sonia’s desk #1
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
The artist’s bookshelf #2
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
The artist’s bookshelf #1
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
Poetry night at The Coming Society
HK$980 – HK$1,700
Poetry night on a rooftop
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
César Baldaccini, “The Flying Frenchman”
HK$2,480 – HK$3,360
At Zanini’s
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
Ah Pad’s old farm
HK$1,980 – HK$2,830
In the countryside near Ah Pad’s pond
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Frail end of afternoon
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Sonia’s bouquets
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He would sit and draw flowers in silence
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On the Peak with Judith and Sonia
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Sikh temple in Mid-Levels
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Public housing in To Kwa Wan
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Haunted house
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Siulan’s Nest
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John Batten Gallery
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Sunset on the bay
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Lamma Island
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Hong Kong under a stormy sky
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Deep Water Bay
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Ap Lei Chau and Lamma on the horizon
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Spring at Victoria Park
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The prisonner
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Banyan tree #3
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Banyan tree #2
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Banyan tree #1
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Law Uk Folk Museum garden
HK$980 – HK$1,700
Urban jungle
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Lou Lim Ioc Garden
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The majestic Ficus Elastica
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Banian tree on Prince’s Terrace
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The tree suspended over Prince’s Terrace
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View on Victoria Park from the home of sculptor Irina Shark
HK$6,800 – HK$8,050
View on Victoria Park
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Playground on Hennessy Road
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Teapots in front of the window at Chi Fu Fa Yuen
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View from St. Paul’s hospital
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Sonia at her desk
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Wong Yan Kwai’s studio
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The courtyard of Wong Yan Kwai’s studio
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Suzy’s ceramic studio #3
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Suzy’s ceramic studio #2
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Suzy’s ceramic studio #1
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Lin Fa Kung
HK$10,000 – HK$11,600
School Street
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Ceramic workshop in a back alley
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Newspaper stand
HK$2,480 – HK$3,360
Fish swimming upstream in the catchwater
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Temple dedicated to Guanyin
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The slipper stall that ceased to exist
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Tribute to the cut down banian
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A. and P.’s tomato plants
HK$2,880 – HK$3,730
Old Banyan tree
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Old car repair shop
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Hong Kong St. John Ambulance command headquarters
HK$2,880 – HK$3,730
Creature No.2
HK$1,480
Dancing dragons – Set of 6 A6 postcards
HK$120 – HK$138
Obsessions series – Pipe dream
HK$1,280
Creature No.1
HK$1,280
Hop Hop Hop – Set of 6 A6 postcards
HK$120 – HK$138
Unique porcelain box
HK$800
Totem series – It’s a fine balance
HK$300 – HK$850
Obsessions series – 2021
HK$4,200
Obsessions series – 2020
HK$4,200
Roooaaar – Set of 6 A6 postcards
HK$120 – HK$138
Steamed series – At the spa
HK$300 – HK$850
Lucky building series – Hope Well
HK$300 – HK$850
Love series – In love with Memphis
HK$300 – HK$850
Hong Kong Cards – Set of 6 A6 postcards
HK$120 – HK$138
Steamed series – The bath house
HK$300 – HK$850
Styrofoam series – Balancing act
HK$300 – HK$850
Styrofoam series – Whatever floats your boat
HK$300 – HK$850
Styrofoam series – As strong as a tin robot
HK$300 – HK$850
Jellyfish series – Unwinding
HK$300 – HK$850
Jellyfish series – The great escape
HK$300 – HK$850
Jellyfish series – Vanishing act
HK$300 – HK$850
Octopus series – Local delivery
HK$300 – HK$850
Octopus series – Bartending
HK$300 – HK$850
Octopus series – In disguise
HK$300 – HK$850
Fiery noodle series – The noodles that got cold
HK$300 – HK$850
Fiery noodle series – Dreams of becoming Bruce
HK$300 – HK$850
Fiery noodle series – Battle of the noodles
HK$300 – HK$850
Upcoming exhibition at the Pulse, Hong Kong
We are proud to be a part of Mixed Colours: rebirth, an exhibition put together in the benefit of Children of the Mekong.
MIX COLOURS: REBIRTH is a cross-cultural art exhibition featuring 22 international artists and curated by Marie-Florence Gros (La Galerie Paris 1839) and Christel Villepelet.
MIX COLOURS: REBIRTH is a burst of colours to celebrate the energy of life, the power of diversity and natural beauty, and to highlight the links between cultures.
Wrecked on our island, or stuck elsewhere, forbidden to travel, we have cherished even more the vivid beauty around us. While pollution, globalization, threaten to fade the world’s colours and contrasts, while unexpected new threats have changed our perspectives, this exhibition enhances colours as symbols of the natural and cultural diversity to save, the original beauty to admire, the source of rebirth: a positive and energetic sight to create tomorrow’s world.
Date
Opening April 29, 2021
Closing May 3, 2021
Opening Hours
Opening: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Other days: 10:00am to 8:00pm
Venue
Level 3, East Wing, The Pulse, Repulse Bay
Free admission and open to public
Exhibition at the Chicago Design Museum - Images
For the last edition of Confluence • 20+ we unveiled our their latest experimental porcelain projects called “Déshabillé” and “Clay Bodies”. The pieces were made for the show and under the label Julie & Jesse.
We also created an interactive installation transforming part of the display into a live ceramic studio in which we produced a unique edition of our Fragment(s) project, casting discarded moulds brought directly from the factories of Jingdezhen, China.
The exhibition ran from the 13th of October to the 4th of November 2017 at the Chicago Design Museum. Here are a few images of the show.
Photo Credit: Julie Progin
Upcoming exhibition at the Chicago Design Museum
We are proud to be a part of Confluence • 20+, a design exhibition curated by Amy Chow.
“Confluence • 20+” is a multidisciplinary exhibition that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. The show presents inspiring collaborative projects by the best design talents in Hong Kong, a city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergies.
Presented by the Hong Kong Design Centre, Confluence • 20+ is a multidisciplinary exhibition series that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. As the third edition of an ongoing exhibition series, Confluence • 20+ is a stage for creative collisions. The show presents twenty truly inspiring collaborative design projects by Hong Kong’s best design talents, lending insights into the co-evolving ecosystems of the city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergise.
Living in an ever-reinventing and culturally diverse metropolis, the creative minds in Hong Kong have never been restrained by the city’s confining urban space. Through continual collaboration with global practitioners, they add value to materials and objects, leveraging cultural influences and resources from China, Asia and beyond. The exhibits in Confluence • 20+ are coalescences of cross-boundary interactions and intertwining relationships. Deep inside the crux of every single piece is a community woven across socioeconomic and cultural silos.
Confluence • 20+ is a visual feast of creative works showcasing Hong Kong designers’ ingenuity in crossing boundaries: East, West, Heritage, Craftsmanship, Artistry, Urban Living, and Experiential Innovation. It is an exclusive visual adventure into Hong Kong’s vibrant creative ecologies that both insiders and public audience must not miss.
Participating designers: Nicol Boyd & Tomas Rosén, Alan Chan, Samuel Chan, Gary Chang, Lu Lu Cheung & Otto Tang, Chiu Kwong Chiu, C.L. Lam, Freeman Lau, James Law, Lee Chi Wing, Lo Chi Wing, Lo Kai Yin, Lo Sing Chin, Sharon de Lyster, Jesse Mclin & Julie Progin, Elaine Yan Ling Ng, Kingsley Ng, Sammy Or, Stanley Wong.
The Hong Kong Design Center is a government-funded non-profit organization celebrating design excellence. The institution champions the creation of business values and community benefits through design. This latest exhibition series is a homage to Hong Kong’s design heritage roots and will sojourn in Milan, Hong Kong, Seoul and Chicago.
Date
14 October – 5 November
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Saturday: noon-7:00pm
Sunday and Monday closed
Venue
3/F Block Thirty Seven,
108 North State Street,
Chicago, IL 60602
Free admission and open to public.
Upcoming exhibition at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul - Images
Julie Progin & Jesse Mc Lin, co-founders of Latitude 22N unveiled their latest experimental porcelains project at the Hong Kong Design Centre’s Confluence • 20+ exhibition, a celebration of design talents and creative ecologies of Hong Kong. The pieces were made for the show and under the label Julie & Jesse. The exhibition ran from the 26 of August to 16 of September 2017 at DDP, Seoul. Here are a few images of the show.
Photo Credit: Candice Yau, Amy Chow, Lee Chi Wing & Hong Kong Design Centre
Upcoming exhibition at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul
We are proud to be a part of Confluence • 20+, a design exhibition curated by Amy Chow.
“Confluence • 20+” is a multidisciplinary exhibition that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. The show presents inspiring collaborative projects by the best design talents in Hong Kong, a city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergies.
Presented by the Hong Kong Design Centre, Confluence • 20+ isa multidisciplinary exhibition series that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. As the third edition of an ongoing exhibition series, Confluence • 20+ is a stage for creative collisions. The show presents twenty truly inspiring collaborative design projects by Hong Kong’s best design talents, lending insights into the co-evolving ecosystems of the city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergise.
Living in an ever-reinventing and culturally diverse metropolis, the creative minds in Hong Kong have never been restrained by the city’s confining urban space. Through continual collaboration with global practitioners, they add value to materials and objects, leveraging cultural influences and resources from China, Asia and beyond. The exhibits in Confluence • 20+ are coalescences of cross-boundary interactions and intertwining relationships. Deep inside the crux of every single piece is a community woven across socioeconomic and cultural silos.
Confluence • 20+is a visual feast of creative works showcasing Hong Kong designers’ ingenuity in crossing boundaries: East, West, Heritage, Craftsmanship, Artistry, Urban Living, and Experiential Innovation. It is an exclusive visual adventure into Hong Kong’s vibrant creative ecologies that both insiders and public audience must not miss.
Participating designers: Nicol Boyd & Tomas Rosén, Alan Chan, Samuel Chan, Gary Chang, Lu Lu Cheung & Otto Tang, Chiu Kwong Chiu, C.L. Lam, Freeman Lau, James Law, Lee Chi Wing, Lo Chi Wing, Lo Kai Yin, Lo Sing Chin, Sharon de Lyster, Jesse Mclin & Julie Progin, Elaine Yan Ling Ng, Kingsley Ng, Sammy Or, Stanley Wong.
The Hong Kong Design Center is a government-funded non-profit organization celebrating design excellence. The institution champions the creation of business values and community benefits through design. This latest exhibition series is a homage to Hong Kong’s design heritage roots and will sojourn in Milan, Hong Kong, Seoul and Chicago.
Date
26 of August to 16 of September 2017
Venue
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
Free admission and open to public.
Exhibition at City Hall, Hong Kong - Images
Julie Progin & Jesse Mc Lin, co-founders of Latitude 22N unveiled their latest experimental porcelain project called “Irony” at the Hong Kong Design Centre’s Confluence • 20+ exhibition, a celebration of design talents and creative ecologies of Hong Kong. The pieces were made for the show and under the label Julie & Jesse. The exhibition runs from the 6th to the 28th of June 2017 at City Hall, Hong Kong. Here are a few images of the show.
Photo Credit: Marc Progin, Julie Progin & Hong Kong Design Centre
Upcoming exhibition at City Hall, Hong Kong
We are proud to be a part of Confluence • 20+, a design exhibition curated by Amy Chow.
“Confluence• 20+” is a multidisciplinary exhibition that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. The show presents inspiring collaborative projects by the best design talents in Hong Kong, a city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergies.
Presented by the Hong Kong Design Centre, Confluence• 20+ is a multidisciplinary exhibition series that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. As the third edition of an ongoing exhibition series, Confluence• 20+ is a stage for creative collisions. The show presents twenty truly inspiring collaborative design projects by Hong Kong’s best design talents, lending insights into the co-evolving ecosystems of the city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergise.
Living in an ever-reinventing and culturally diverse metropolis, the creative minds in Hong Kong have never been restrained by the city’s confining urban space. Through continual collaboration with global practitioners, they add value to materials and objects, leveraging cultural influences and resources from China, Asia and beyond. The exhibits in Confluence • 20+ are coalescences of cross-boundary interactions and intertwining relationships. Deep inside the crux of every single piece is a community woven across socioeconomic and cultural silos.
Confluence • 20+ is a visual feast of creative works showcasing Hong Kong designers’ ingenuity in crossing boundaries: East, West, Heritage, Craftsmanship, Artistry, Urban Living, and Experiential Innovation. It is an exclusive visual adventure into Hong Kong’s vibrant creative ecologies that both insiders and public audience must not miss.
Participating designers: Nicol Boyd & Tomas Rosén, Alan Chan, Samuel Chan, Gary Chang, Lu Lu Cheung & Otto Tang, Chiu Kwong Chiu, C.L. Lam, Freeman Lau, James Law, Lee Chi Wing, Lo Chi Wing, Lo Kai Yin, Lo Sing Chin, Sharon de Lyster, Jesse Mclin & Julie Progin, Elaine Yan Ling Ng, Kingsley Ng, Sammy Or, Stanley Wong.
The Hong Kong Design Center is a government-funded non-profit organization celebrating design excellence. The institution champions the creation of business values and community benefits through design. This latest exhibition series is a homage to Hong Kong’s design heritage roots and will sojourn in Milan, Hong Kong, Seoul and Chicago.
Date
6-28 of June 2017
Opening Hours
10:00 am to 8:00 pm daily
Venue
Lower Block, 1/F, Exhibition Hall, City Hall, Hong Kong
Free admission and open to public.
Exhibition at La Triennale Di Milano - Images
Last April we were in Milan to exhibit our Fragment(s) project at the internationally celebrated Salone del Mobile 2017. Our vases were part of the Hong Kong Design Centre’s Confluence• 20+ show, a celebration of the best design talents and creative ecologies of Hong Kong. Here are a few images of the exhibition that took place at La Triennale di Milano.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Design Centre
Upcoming exhibition at La Triennale Di Milano
We are proud to be a part of Confluence • 20+, a design exhibition curated by Amy Chow.
“Confluence• 20+” is a multidisciplinary exhibition that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. The show presents inspiring collaborative projects by the best design talents in Hong Kong, a city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergies.
Presented by the Hong Kong Design Centre, Confluence • 20+ is a multidisciplinary exhibition series that offers a perspective on Hong Kong’s creative ecologies. As the third edition of an ongoing exhibition series, Confluence• 20+ is a stage for creative collisions. The show presents twenty truly inspiring collaborative design projects by Hong Kong’s best design talents, lending insights into the co-evolving ecosystems of the city where east and west, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology synergise.
Living in an ever-reinventing and culturally diverse metropolis, the creative minds in Hong Kong have never been restrained by the city’s confining urban space. Through continual collaboration with global practitioners, they add value to materials and objects, leveraging cultural influences and resources from China, Asia and beyond. The exhibits in Confluence • 20+ are coalescences of cross-boundary interactions and intertwining relationships. Deep inside the crux of every single piece is a community woven across socioeconomic and cultural silos.
Confluence• 20+ is a visual feast of creative works showcasing Hong Kong designers’ ingenuity in crossing boundaries: East, West, Heritage, Craftsmanship, Artistry, Urban Living, and Experiential Innovation. It is an exclusive visual adventure into Hong Kong’s vibrant creative ecologies that both insiders and public audience must not miss.
Participating designers: Nicol Boyd & Tomas Rosén, Alan Chan, Samuel Chan, Gary Chang, Lu Lu Cheung & Otto Tang, Chiu Kwong Chiu, C.L. Lam, Freeman Lau, James Law, Lee Chi Wing, Lo Chi Wing, Lo Kai Yin, Lo Sing Chin, Sharon de Lyster, Jesse Mclin & Julie Progin, Elaine Yan Ling Ng, Kingsley Ng, Sammy Or, Stanley Wong.
The Hong Kong Design Center is a government-funded non-profit organization celebrating design excellence. The institution champions the creation of business values and community benefits through design. This latest exhibition series is a homage to Hong Kong’s design heritage roots and will sojourn in Milan, Hong Kong, Seoul and Chicago.
Date
4-16 of April 2017
Opening Hours
April 4, 10:30 am to midnight
April 5-9, 10:30 am to 10:00 pm
April 11-16, 10:30 am to 8:30 pm
Venue
Salone D’Onore, La Triennale di Milano
Free admission and open to public.
Photography Exhibition by Marc Progin at Latitude 22N
“The Spatial Odyssey Back in Times”
A land and cosmic journey through the ages of Central Asia history
A photography exhibition by Marc Progin
Swiss photographer, writer and adventurer Marc Progin is back from the wilderness of Mongolia to present “The Spatial Odyssey Back in Times” a land and cosmic journey through the ages of Central Asia history.
His new photo exhibition will tell us of an extraordinary expedition which idea, goal and plan were to travel back in times with a camel caravan in search of ancient civilisations, empires and cultures while trying to discover anthropomorphic statues, tumuli, tombs, megaliths, grave steles, deer stones, petroglyphs and other remains dating back millenniums. An adventure on land and an ascent of eras of 20 millennia from the contemporary to the Paleolithic ages.
To travel back in time and to make the plan adapted to prehistoric conditions he lead his caravan of camels, in the dead of winter, to face snow, ice and blizzard representing the late Würm glaciation period dating back 12000 BC. While the day long camel treks were the time of the site discoveries he journeyed through the ages, at night, at temperatures dropping as low as 30 to – 50, to take photographs of the stone treasures he had found with the planet of the cosmos as for background. To survive the quite particular and harsh conditions lasting several months and spanning 18000 years he travelled with a complete yurt which, with 4 mongol nomads, he had to assemble every night, dismantle in the morning then load onto 4 of the 10 camels. They were Bactrian camels, the only breed who could bear such a journey, carrying 700 kg. of gear, including the yurt, a stove, frozen food, ice packed in bags to make water, firewood, cooking equipment and much else including the elderly foreigner…So no cycling this time. No running either. No gimmicks, nor gadjets such as jeep, a tracked vehicule, no support of any sort, not even a GPS. Only a compass with maps, a thermos and some modern antibiotics just in case. That’s the way true men used to live in with nature and abide by its laws. The itinerary crossed the deserts, mountains, rivers and lakes of western Mongolia at an altitude between 1800 to 2900 m., then moved on further up on the Altaï plateau to reach, at 3500 m. the late Paleolithic ages where prehistoric men left here and there, over millenia, material representations of other worlds. Stones of strange shapes, carved and chiselled of their rites and cults devoted to nature, animals and spirits as well as thousands of petroglyphs representing the daily life of our ancestors.
All together a wintry and cosmic migration as much on earth as in times past, and a spatial exploration of an open-air museum of human and natural history that nowadays only visit, its climate being so harsh, bad weather, wolves and birds of prey, as well as Mongol clans living there as nomads, migrating freely from the present to the past, slowly drifting with the progress of their caravans.
A HK permanent resident for 40 years, Marc Progin, is a Swiss watchmaker…retired from time, and a specialist of Mongolia.
With “Vastness, Magnificence and Simplicity” in 2006, “Nomads, Caravans and Migrations” in 2013, he introduced with his photos and conferences the natural world of Mongolia to Hong Kong.
Sponsored by
Parentheses, The French Bookshop >
The Swiss Consulate of Hong Kong >
Athletic Veterans of Hong Kong Association >
Latitude 22N >
Royal Geographical Society of HK >
Shanghai Tang >
Opening
Thursday April 13 2017 from 6:30 pm
The exhibition runs from April 14 2017 to Saturday May 20 2017
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
The Gallery at Latitude 22N
16B, Man Foong Industrial Building,
7, Cheung Lee Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Opposite exit B2, Chai Wan MTR
Shifting Objectives, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Fragment(s) vase B takes part in the M+’s debut design exhibition – Shifting Objectives: Design from the M+ Collection – from 30 Nov 2016 to 5 Feb 2017.
M+’s debut design exhibition – Shifting Objectives: Design from the M+ Collection – explores the many concepts and frameworks that have shaped and broadened our understanding of design. Featuring dozens of key objects and works – from mid-twentieth century Japanese furniture, to familiar products from Hong Kong’s manufacturing heyday, to drones, ‘copied’ goods, and digitally-enabled and open-source practices – this groundbreaking show illustrates how design philosophies and practices have changed from the post-Second World War period until now. In so doing, Shifting Objectives outlines the growing contours of the M+ design collection, which is the first of its kind in Asia and a core pillar of M+.
A series of programmes—including workshops, talks, a studio visit, a teachers’ private view, and guided tours for the public, schools, and visitors with specific needs—accompany the exhibition.
In the run up to the opening of the M+ building in 2019, the M+ Pavilion functions as a temporary home for M+ exhibitions and events.
Date
30 November 2016 to 5 February, 2017*
Opening Hours
11am–6pm
Wednesday to Sunday and public holidays
Venue
M+ Pavilion, West Kowloon Cultural District
Free Admission
* Please note that on 25 December, 2016, 1 January, 28 January and 29 January, 2017, the exhibition will be closed.
Studio Tour
Design duo Jesse Mc Lin and Julie Progin will share behind-the-scenes stories of their many creations, especially FRAGMENT(S), which was inspired by what they saw and found in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China. They will also give a demonstration on their ceramic casting techniques. Participants will get to know more about the designers’ practice and the concepts behind their works.
Date
17 December (Saturday)
Time
2–4:30pm
Venue
Latitude 22N studio, Chai Wan
Language
English
Speakers
Julie Progin and Jesse Mc Lin, Co-founders and Creative Directors of Julie & Jesse and Latitude 22N
Free programme on a first-come, first-served basis. Online registration required. Register here >
Latitude 22N at Design without boundaries exhibition - Images
We are proud to have presented out work at the exhibition Design without Boundaries this December at Innotech alongside Designers in Between, Dix Design + Architecture, Sands for kids, Michael Young Ltd., Studio Gooris, Boris Design Studio, Squarestreet Ltd. and C’monde Studios.
Here are a few images of the show and the talk.
Latitude 22N at Detour Design Dialogue - Images
We are proud to have presented our work at Detour’s 2015 Design Dialogue called “Inspired, Connected”. We had a wonderful time sharing and taking questions from a wonderful audience.
Here are a few images of the talk.
Latitude 22N at Design without boundaries exhibition and talk
HKTDC InnoDesignTech Expo presents
Design without boundaries
International designers stories in Hong Kong with Designers in Between, Dix Design + Architecture, Sands for kids, Michael Young Ltd., Studio Gooris, Boris Design Studio, Squarestreet Ltd., C’monde Studios, Latitude 22N
Hong Kong is one of Asia Pacific’s leading design centres and creative cities. With strategic location and plentiful supply of resources, Hong Kong is not only a hotbed of local designers but also a preferred location for international designers to establish their brands and develop design business. “Design without Boundaries” campaign featured the design exhibits created by renowned international designers who are based in Hong Kong. Come and join their sharing and take a peek at their stories in Hong Kong.
Exhibition
Thursday December 3rd until Saturday 5th of December
At the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hall 3D-E
Sharing Session
Thursday December 3rd from 11:30 am until 12:30 am
At Inno Talks Area, Inspiration Hall, Halls 3D-E at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
How to get to Innotech Expo
MTR
Wan Chai
Taxi
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Latitude 22N presents Erosion for Chai Wan Mei
Latitude 22N presents
EROSION, A recording of time & place
In support of Chai Wan Mei Art & Design Festival, Latitude 22n, presents “EROSION, a recording of time & place” a porcelain installation by Julie & Jesse. “Erosion” is a library of 500 unique porcelain vessels questioning the role of the designer by letting nature become an active agent of the design process.
VERNISSAGE
Saturday March 14 from 6 pm to 9 pm
DATES AND TIME
Saturday March 14 from 11 am to 9 pm
Sunday March 15 from 11 am to 7 pm
Exhibition open until April 18 every week wednesday to saturday from 11 am to 6 pm
HOW TO GET TO LATITUDE 22N
MTR
Chai Wan MTR station, Exit B + 1 min walk
TAXI
Just direct the taxi to “Number 7, Chai Wan, Cheung Lei Gai”
CAR
Drive to Chai Wan MTR station on Kut Shing Street where you will find a car park
BUS
BUS 8, 8P and 81
CHAI WAN MEI
Now at its 4th edition, Chai Wan Mei is an art and design festival gathering over 60 artists and creative professionals across 40 studios over a period of two days. The festival is based in the industrial neighbourhood of Chai Wan showing the energy and creativity of the city’s hub.
Review of Chai Wan Mei at Latitude 22N
This year, Art Basel satellite event CHAI WAN MEI was yet another big success with a a great line-up of amazing exhibitions, performances and open studios in Chai Wan. For the occasion, and in support of the local art community, we partnered with APT Institute and Collector’s Club and opened our doors with an exhibition of four local artists – Samson Young, Tang Kwok Hin, Alessandro Carboni and Josef Bares –
It was a great opportunity for everyone to visit our showroom and workshop, enjoy a glass of wine and discover the work of amazing artists that we thank with all our hearts for their participation.
Today we share with you a few images of the event. And hopefully we see even more of you next year !
APT institute exhibits at Latitude 22N
Four APT artists at Latitude 22N for Chai Wan Mei
In support of the local artist community in Chai Wan Mei, APT Institute and Latitude 22n, in collaboration with the Collector Club, present a group show of Hong Kong artists: Tang Kwok Hin, Samson Young, Josef Bares and Alessandro Carboni.
APT Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 by the Artist Pension Trust (APT) in response to the need among contemporary artists for global exposure and recognition of their artwork. APT Institute introduces a range of initiatives that advances artists and promotes their artworks by weaving together art world professionals and their organizations with APT’s network of curators, contemporary artists and artwork for collaborations and interactions.
ABOUT SAMSON YOUNG
Originally trained in music composition, Samson Young’s (b.1979) creative outputs now manifest in a variety of media and across disciplinary divide. His works are seen and heard in galleries, museums, concert halls and performance spaces.
ABOUT TANG KWOK HIN
Tang Kwok Hin, mixed media artist, independent curator and writer, was born in 1983 and raised in Hong Kong. His art focus on occasion, space, time and ways of encountering symbols to explore hidden rules in living and existing context for self-expression like collage.
ABOUT JOSEF BARES
Josef Bares is a media artist of Czech/German origin, currently living and working in Hong Kong. His area of interest lies in systems of signs. He uses different ways to visually convey the processes taking place in signification – the creation of meaning. He is especially interested in relationships between city and language, space and semantics.
ABOUT ALESSANDRO CARBONI
Interdisciplinary artist, Alessandro Carboni addresses his research paths on multiple domains both from theoretical and practical studies. His experience, gained as a visual artist and performer, focuses on the body and its relationship with space. His works are interdisciplinary mappings that represent places the artist reshapes and weaves according to the different stages stimulated by specific urban contingencies. The research materials collected and produced during the long periods of work and residence in selected urban areas, are accumulated in an archive that is transformed into visual works, installations, video and performance.
WHEN
Wednesday May 14th – Sunday May 18th
Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th 11am to 7pm
Saturday 17th 11am to 9pm
Sunday 18th 11am to 5pm
ARTIST TALK
5:00 pm
“Misguided Tour”
Participating artists Samson Young, Tang Kwok Hin, Alessandro Carboni and Josef Bares will take turn interpreting each other’s artworks as the audience is “Misguided” through the exhibition at Latitude 22N.
PARTY
6:00 pm
“APTI and Collector Club Party at Latitude 22n”
All are invited to join the participating artists, the Collector Club members and curator Kwok Ying and Jesse and Julie Mclin of Latitude 22n for wine and canapés at Latitude 22N.
RSVP: alisonh@artistpensiontrust
MTR
We’re located right across from Chai Wan MTR Exit B
TAXI
Best option is to say Chai Wan MTR station, the taxi stand outside the station is right across from our studio
CAR
Drive to Chai Wan MTR station on Kut Shing Street where you will find a car park.
BUS
BUS 8 & 81 stop right in front of our building
Ecal students show at Latitude 22N - Images
“Sketching China” was a great success ! Thanks to all of you who came by to see the show. The ECAL crew is now back home and they have sent us lovely pictures of the opening night of the show to share with all of you.
Photography by: ECAL / Philippe Fragnière, ©ECAL, 2014, All Rights Reserved
Ecal students to exhibit at Latitude 22N
ECAL exhibits at Latitude 22N
The exhibition will open on Friday February 28th 6pm until 9pm and will last until March 28 2014.
WHERE
Latitude 22N Unit 16 B, Man Foong Industrial Building 7 Cheung Lee Street, Chai Wan
MTR
We’re located right across from Chai Wan MTR Exit B
TAXI
Best option is to say Chai Wan MTR station, the taxi stand outside the station is right across from our studio
CAR
Drive to Chai Wan MTR station on Kut Shing Street where you will find a car park
BUS
BUS 8, & 81 stop right in front of our building
THE PROJECT
Following a one week trip in the South East of China to discover its immense wholesale market and manufacturing centre, students of ECAL‘s Product Design Master program were asked to sketch and portray the many places they visited throughout their journey, capturing moments and casting a fresh look on China’s industry and everyday life.
MORE ON THE PROJECT
The majority of products we use in everyday life are manufactured in China, more specifically in the South Eastern provinces Guangdong. In this densely populated region, whole cities specialize in mass manufacturing home appliances, electronic devices, lighting or furniture.
A product designer today, wether as an entrepreneur or as a member of a larger organization, is certain to have some of its designs produced in China. But most occidental designers don’t have a faint idea where and how objects are eventually produced.
This trip brought the students of ECAL’s Product Design Master program to the South East of China to discover this immense wholesale market and manufacturing centre. Throughout their wanderings, students were asked to sketch and portray their journey, capturing moments and casting a fresh look on China’s industry and everyday life.
MORE ON ECAL, UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
Enjoying international renown and featuring regularly among the world’s top ten universities of art and design, ECAL is directed by Alexis Georgacopoulos. The school currently offers programmes (a Foundation Year, 6 Bachelor, 4 Master, a MAS) in the following fields: Fine Arts, Cinema, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Photography, Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship, Media & Interaction Design and Art Direction.
“At ECAL there is no single way to create, although we do take to heart such values as precision, professionalism, innovation – and even humour. Our outmost objective is to develop different skills specific to each programme, but also to integrate this diverse know-how in the cross-disciplinary fashion which has established our school’s reputation and identity”, says Alexis Georgacopoulos.
Latitude 22N exhibits at Maison & Objet - Images
Thank you for visiting us at Maison & Objet Now!
A little glimpse at our booth at Maison & Objet Now ! Design à vivre this september 2013. Amazing feedback, lots of orders and fantastic encounters. In all, an amazing 5 days to share our passion & stories with a huge crowd from all over the world.
Thanks to all of you for stopping by our booth !
With love, Julie & Jesse.
