Tony So

Artist Bio

My profile picture in the exhibition booklet shows me giving a “yeah” gesture and my shop manager holding her birthday cake. I have been working as a full-time salesperson whilst studying comparative literature in HKU for more than four years. I enjoy both my work life and academic study because of the many lovable people whom I’ve encountered these years.

Seeking My Lost Sea in Hong Kong

Artwork Description

This project, Seeking My Lost Sea in Hong Kong, reflects fishing villages’ culture through autobiographical narratives and photography. It consists of two parts: i) the existing photos which record the traces of boat people’s vanishing past, ii) the contemporary photos which are to be taken in Hong Kong, which tend to conjure up personal memories of living alongside the sea.

As the project title suggests, I am groping for a way to visualise my lost sea which no longer exists in real life. I hope that the photos can enter tangential relations with my memories and sentimentalise my ways of seeing sea.