Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong joins us for the latest episode of the Art Persists podcast. We talk about his early life growing up in Hong Kong, at the time still a British colony. We go on to speak about his participation in Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement and 2019 Anti-extradition Law Movement, using his work to connect with fellow protestors and using humour to mock and ridicule the authorities. We end talking about his difficult decision to leave Hong Kong forever, self-exiling to Taiwan.

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About

Kacey Wong’s political art projects investigate the relationship between men and their social and political environment. He participated in the 2019 Anti-extradition Law Movement and the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong through performance, videos, photography, installation, sculpture, and social interventions. 

Kacey’s floating house, “Paddling Home”, sailed the Victoria Harbour and was part of the M+ Museum permanent collection, among other artworks collected by museums and private collectors. He was awarded the Best Artist Award in 2010, Rising Artist Award and Outstanding Arts Education Award in 2003 by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. 

Kacey left Hong Kong in 2021 in search for freedom of artistic expression and now under self-exile in Taiwan. Kacey continues to advocate for the freedom of Hong Kong against China’s authoritarian regime by using art as his weapon to fight. 

Learn more about Kacey’s work here.