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Hong Kong
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Raise Your Umbrellas: How Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activist
Read more: Raise Your Umbrellas: How Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activistIn Hong Kong in 2014 the song Raise Your Umbrella by Denise Ho and Anthong Wong became an anthem for the pro-democracy movement known as the Umbrella Revolution. The song was written after police fired tear gas into the crowds…
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Project Black Mask HK
Read more: Project Black Mask HK“Project Black Mask HK (PBMHK) was founded by a (then) 18-year-old, Joyce Ho, who is an American-born Hong Konger. On May 28, 2020, during a peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic, many people expressed frustration with their inability to protest on…
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“Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong
Read more: “Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong KongFree Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a “guerilla methods” of political street art protest against the PRC government’s secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters,…
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Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong Kong
Read more: Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong KongA toothless garbageman who once wandered Hong Kong’s streets with dingy bags of ink and brushes tied to his crutches is now the subject of a major retrospective. About 300 calligraphic works by the late Tsang Tsou-choi — who is…