The use of the English word “dingy” is usually pejorative. But while most of us would rather live in a tidy city, there’s something about the wear and tear of urban existence, the “ruin” that we live in, that produces a dinginess that’s visually striking. A pile of garbage with all its excretions is part […]
Author Archives: Local Idea
LickZine#3 free PDF download
LickZine3 was the last LickZine (#1 can be found here, #2 can be found here) before LikInk relocated from Hong Kong to Antwerp, Belgium. LickZine3 was published shortly after the National Security Law was introduced in the city and the zine obliquely addresses that circumstance through an introductory essay about Samizdat, the Soviet Era underground […]
The “Corner Mary” of Antwerp
In and around Antwerp, Belgium, one comes across the “Corner Mary”, sculptures placed on the corner of buildings, above ground floor, that display the Madonna and Child (Mary and the baby Jesus). These sculptures can be grand or humble, their purpose being at once historical and obscure. Some sources state that these icons came about […]
“Booked”: Hong Kong’s Artist Book Fair, February 2021
“Booked” was an artist book and zine festival held at Tai Kwun Centre for Arts, a former and currently renovated police station/prison/barracks in Central, Hong Kong at the end of February, 2021. This was the third iteration of “Booked”, exceptional in 2021 given the current global pandemic. The organizers addressed this concern by spreading out […]