Hong Kong - case study 1 香港 - 個案研究1

v-artivist (影行者) produced socially engaged documentary films in collaboration with local community related to the urban renewal struggles in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2018, published in the format of DVD and print. It demonstrates how v-artivist’s practice visualises the history of urban spatial movements, bottom-up community building endeavours, as well as the alliance between these movements rooted in multiple old neighbourhoods of the city.

Examples of short films produced between 2011-2017: 

Devouring People(以人為吃) and Philosophy of Urban Construction: Saving and Profiting(市建哲學：慳與賺) negotiate the expropriation of land. The two films offer creative narratives through combining animation, documentary images, interviews and voice-over analyses.

Angry I Am(我就係好火) is part of the “Five Elements of the Old District(舊區五行紀)” series. The project is a community art project of v-artivist from 2013 to 2016. This series attempts to explore the residents’ affections towards the old district. The film Angry I Am(我就係好火) was created by v-artivist and May, a former resident of Lee Tung Street. Chak Nei Lo Mui I: How to Preserve Community Networks(拆理鹵味第一集: 社區網絡點保留)? is the first episode of the series “Chak Nei Lo Mei(拆理鹵味)”, in which v-artivist and residents of the Old Urban Renewal Concern Groups analyse the URA’s urban renewal policy in front of the camera and discuss how to protect the spatial rights of the grassroots.