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Midnights on the Island
Art Group: Deep Food
Artwork Location: A display at Rain Shelter (near Fountain Terrace Garden) and public events
"Our
impression
on
the
garden
is
that
this
place
is
like
a
living
museum.
As
we
learn
about
the
history
and
story
behind
each
detail
of
the
garden,
we
realise
how
many
traces
of
the
past
this
place
contains
and
remains
until
the
present.
We
are
fascinated
about
all
these
living
history
and
we
hope
to
share
it
through
our
work!"
Where
does
one
begin
to
talk
about
the
ebbs
and
flows
throughout
history?
In
their
artwork Midnights
on
the
Island,
the
artists
of
Deep
Food
re-interpret
historical
stories
of
the
Gardens
and
its
old
trees
through
eight
creative
snacks
they
have
designed.
The
taste
and
presentation
of
each
of
the
snacks
have
been
meticulously
thought
through.
For
example,
the
bitter
taste
of
lotus
seeds
would
be
a
reminder
of
the
wretched
life
of
Hong
Kong
during
the
Japanese
Occupation,
and
the
functionality
Burmese
rosewood
(Pterocarpus
indicus)
is
associated
with
the
tea-drinking
culture
of
Earl
Grey
tea.
Deep
Food
has
also
re-designed
a
traditional
Hong
Kong-style
ice-cream
cart,
and
mapped
out
two
routes
through
the
Gardens
that
can
lead
visitors
to
explore
different
spots —
a
whole
new
experience
that
combines
cultural
interests
with
palatal
delights,
from
which
visitors
would
get
to
learn
about
ancient
and
modern
history
while
sharing
creative
culinary
ideas.
Please
click
the
video
to
watch
Deep
Food's
drama
Midnights
on
the
Island,
which
unfolds
a
story
about
the
pastry
chef
Ah
Suet
and
her
beloved
Grandpa.
Grandpa,
a
curious
vendor
who
used
to
sell
cold
snacks
with
a
trolley
on
the
streets,
had
numerous
interesting
encounters
with
different
people
and
witnessed
the
changes
of
Hong
Kong
over
the
years.
His
granddaughter
Ah
Suet,
a
young
chef
obsessed
with
pastry
arts,
once
had
a
dream
bringing
her
to
the
quaint
old
Gardens,
and
there
she
ran
into
Grandpa
—
they
explored
the
Gardens'
historical
features
and
Old
and
Valuable
Trees
and
came
up
with
new
ideas
for
pastry
recipes
together.
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Artist Group Biography
Deep Food is an initiative founded by Cindy Chan and Heinrik Ng. Chan and Ng both graduated from the School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. They see enormous opportunities for creating "edible experiences" and have a strong determination to unearth the potential of food to spark critical debates and deep thinking through design. While some global food trends include hype around posting food experiences on social media, a growing mindfulness of food health, and an increasing demand for food sustainability, Deep Food envisions design can play a role in such growing awareness on food in the form of workshop, performance, food design, etc. Latest exhibitions include "Pseudo Food" at JCCAC in 2019 and "The Reconstruction of Kowloon: Multimedia Exhibition" at Tung Nam Lou Art Hotel in 2020.
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