Four local mural artists come together to create murals, allowing the public and visitors to have a glimpse of the futuristic cities through these time portal!
The murals locate at the West Kowloon Corridor Bridge Pillar outside the Tung Chau Street Temporary Market and Exterior Wall of Sham Shui Po No.1&2 Sewage Screening Plant.
The works use vivid colour and bold imagery, reflecting artists’ imaginations of surreal sci-fi world and Sham Shui Po.
Tung Chau Street Flyover Abutment (Near Block 1 of Tung Chau Street Temporary Market)
Sham Shui Po No.1&2 Sewage Screening Plant
17/10/2020 onwards
Mural Artists (in no particular order)
Taka, Hadrain Lam, Uncle, Sinic
The work responds to the "Heart of Cyberpunk" event, and uses "Solarpunk" as the theme, it also responds to the regional characteristics of Sham Shui Po and the function of the sewage screening plant.
The work is inspired by the urging issues and impact to human and society due to climate crisis, AI and the integration of the old and new, East & West. It seeks to explore and respond to a beautiful vision of the harmonic integration of humans and advance technology, AI, machinery and nature.
The cyborg girl depicted in the work is inspired by the red and black traditional Chinese masks of Xiqu. The red color symbolizes loyalty and bravery.
Taka is a Japanese artist currently based in Hong Kong.
He was one of the finalists of Secret Walls x Hong Kong series 4, the Hong Kong winner of the Vans Asia Custom Culture competition 2017 and one of the finalists in Asia.
He has participated in HKwalls, a Hong Kong’s annual street art festival; joined a worldwide graffiti festival Meeting of Styles in Manila, Philippines, and was invited to paint at Europe’s biggest street art festival called Upfest in Bristol, UK. He has exhibited in Paris and France.
Taka 是日籍居港的街頭藝術家。
他是 Secret Walls x Hong Kong series 4 及 2017 Vans 亞洲大賽的決賽入圍者之一,兼香港區冠軍。他曾參加 HKWalls 街頭藝術、在菲律賓馬尼拉舉行的全球塗鴉節等;並應邀往英國參與歐洲最大的街頭藝術節 Upfest,及曾在巴黎及法國參加展覽。
The work is like peeking from one end of the time portal to the faintly appearing "Heart of Cyberpunk" future SSP City!
作品就像從時間門一端窺看隱約出現的「數碼龐克號」未來城市 SSP City 的面貌!
Hadrian Lam
Hadrian Lam is an artist and architectural designer based in Hong Kong. He is known for his work in street art. He is trained in architecture and is working in architectural and interior design.
Introduced to street art and graffiti in 2015, his work has soon been spotted in various parts of Hong Kong, most notably his fluorescence / x-ray styled pieces. He had since created pieces for various projects such as HKWALLS.
This future version of Bruce Lee Robot is a tribute to the kung fu master Bruce Lee who grew up in Hong Kong! Sham Shui Po is full of the footprints of his mentor, Master Ip Man. His martial arts club was located in Hai Tan Street, Sham Shui Po.
The work has an illusion effect, and the three-dimensional effect will be seen when shooting from the side.
Uncle was born and raised in Hong Kong, Uncle graduated at Hong Kong University SPACE Visual Communication. He works as a graphic designer with his devotion to graffiti arts.
Stepping into the world of graffiti in 20000, his receptiveness of innovative art forms allowed him to work in numerous art productions with different themes and fashions.
In 2008 he set up an organization Afterworkshop (AWS), with an aim to promote Chinese graffiti culture.
The work is leading the viewers to the time portal and travel to the SSP City of another time and space, a future "Heart of Cyberpunk" city!
作品就像引領大家進入時間門,穿越到另一時空的 SSP City,一個「數碼龐克號」未來城市!
Sinic
Sinic is a Hong Kong artist to keep an eye out for. He mainly paints graffiti, combining western and Chinese calligraphy as a new type of fusion art form. Sinic is putting a big effort in keeping street art alive in China, battling with stereotypes that graffiti artists are for thugs.
In recent years, his work was widely praised by galleries and global artist networks, giving him more opportunities to showcase his work in different countries. In 2012, Sinic is one of the featured artists of a documentary “On the Road”, he departed for a 50 days journey from Yuan Nam to Tibet in Mainland China, filming their experience and art. The movie got worldwide recognition and became the first of its kind to document street art culture in China.