Oi! Art Space Launches Two New Exhibitions Featuring Zheng Jing and Chan Wai-lap

2026-03-18 19:00 Last Updated At：19:08

Oil Street Art Space's two new exhibitions use water as creative lens to spark imaginations

The Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) is staging two new exhibitions under its annual flagship project "Oi! Spotlight" tomorrow (March 19), featuring renowned contemporary multidisciplinary artist Zheng Jing from the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong artist Chan Wai-lap. With water as the starting point, the artists transform the exhibition spaces of Oi! into distinct artistic worlds.

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Zheng Jing's "Oi! Spotlight - Space · Ecology · Poetics: Zheng Jing's Way of Art"

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Zheng, a professor at the China Academy of Art, is a leading figure of public art. His first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, "Oi! Spotlight - Space · Ecology · Poetics: Zheng Jing's Way of Art", explores the possibilities of various non-solid media such as water, sound, air and light within public spaces. He presents several sets of art installations at the Oi! warehouses. Artwork "Echoes of Space·Time - The Pearl of the Orient" was inspired by his childhood memory of playing with reflections in mirrors. Zheng collected a wide range of urban sound elements in Hong Kong, including the distinctive "dingding" of trams, local transit announcements, the melody of local icecream trucks, the clamour of street markets, and local children's songs, transforming them into an integral part of the artwork. Stepping into the gallery at the Oi! Warehouse 1, visitors feel as if they are submerged beneath the waters of Victoria Harbour, looking up while manipulating light from a mirrored installation, tracing time and space through the wave movements beneath the sea surface. At the core of another installation, "Convergence of Time and Space", is a suspended cube, from which beams of light project outward, piercing through the space of the Oi! Warehouse from multiple directions. The artwork "Drifting Bottle" was Zheng's graduation creation more than 20 years ago. He constructed a huge vessel, utilising video projection to encapsulate a human figure in perpetual diving.

Standing on the Oi! Lawn is "Spirit Consonance - Stone's Wandering III". The five sculptural forms, modelled after "Taihu" stones, are clad in golden mirror-like surfaces. Through the manipulation of gas, these "stones" engage in an elemental cycle of "breathing" - as if inhaling and exhaling - allowing energy and spirits to flow continuously, imbuing the work with an unending sense of vitality. Apart from four sculptures inspired by the four famous stones of Jiangnan Classical Gardens, the "Kwong Yat-sau Rock" was created by Zheng using 3D scanning during a field visit to the Kowloon Walled City Park. Oi! Study showcases videos and exhibits related to Zheng's largest and continuously evolving public art initiative in his artistic career to date - the "Expeditionary Light" public art project.

Chan Wai-lap's "Oi! Spotlight - Jeremy's Bathhouse"

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Hong Kong artist Chan Wai-lap presents his new solo exhibition "Oi! Spotlight - Jeremy's Bathhouse" at Oi! Glassie. Continuing his "Swimming" series with an immersive bathhouse installation that blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination.

Chan drew inspiration from bathing cultures across different places and historical periods. The site-specific installation "LEVO LOVE" is composed of more than 1 200 handcrafted ceramic tiles. To create this contemporary version of a "bathhouse" that is uniquely for Hong Kong, Chan travelled to Jingdezhen to learn ceramic firing techniques to produce custom tiles and decorative motifs specifically for the exhibition. Its heart-shaped form evokes immediate associations with love and romance, while also functioning as a spiritual symbol of emotion. Visitors are invited to step into the pool, dissolving the divide between the public and the private, and explore a unique sensory journey about distance, intimacy, and publicness.

Another installation, "Chromatic Soap", captures the intimate relationship between soap and the body, highlighting the former's malleable qualities. The ceramic soaps displayed along the wall metaphorically reflect individual uniqueness within interpersonal relationships, while suggesting the diversity inherent in collective coexistence. The atmosphere of the space evolves through the timed release of mist, creating shifting visual conditions that move between clarity and obscurity, offering an immersive sensory experience.

The exhibitions are presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and organised by Oi!. "Oi! Spotlight - Space · Ecology · Poetics: Zheng Jing's Way of Art" will run from March 19 to October 11, and "Oi! Spotlight - Jeremy's Bathhouse" will run from March 19 to August 30. Admission is free for both exhibitions. Artist tours guided by the two artists will be arranged on March 21 and 22 respectively. For details of the exhibitions, please visit the website www.apo.hk/en/web/apo/oi_projects_and_programmes.html.

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CSC Hosts Seminar on Global South's Role in Shifting International Order Amid China's Influence

Civil Service College organises sixth seminar in Executive Series on Brokering North and South: China in a Multipolar World

The Civil Service College (CSC) has been running the Executive Series on Brokering North and South: China in a Multipolar World since July 2024. The sixth seminar in the series, on the topic of "Global South and the Shifting International Order", was delivered by the Director of the Centre for Public Policy and African Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Professor Busani Ngcaweni, and chaired by the Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Council of the Institute of International Studies and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the China Institute of Fudan University, Mr Eric Li, at the CSC today (March 18).

Addressing the seminar, the Head of the CSC, Mr Oscar Kwok, said that in the collective endeavour to pursue a more just and equitable international order, the role of bridges and connectors becomes ever more vital. With its unique history, common law system and robust financial markets, Hong Kong is a place where East meets West, where capital flows freely and where ideas converge. Hong Kong has unique advantages of being backed by the motherland and connected to the world to facilitate global dialogues, investments, and partnerships that will shape the future.

About 140 civil servants in directorate, senior, and middle ranks from 49 bureaux/departments attended the seminar in person or online today.

The Executive Series on Brokering North and South: China in a Multipolar World invites renowned scholars and leaders from the Mainland and overseas as guest speakers to inspire civil servants to reflect on the influence of China, as a major player in a multipolar world, on the global community amid the rise of the Global South and profound changes in the international landscape, and to explore how Hong Kong, as a city where East meets West, should leverage its strengths in its unique role in connecting the country with the world. It covers subjects pertaining to the rise of the Global South and international order, upholding principles and innovation in arts and culture and international communication, a holistic approach to national security and global initiatives, among others.

Oi! Art Space Launches Two New Exhibitions Featuring Zheng Jing and Chan Wai-lap

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