Sleepless Summer endeavours to rally support for democracy protests with works from Australian and Hong Kong artists.
22 Aug 2019
Jinghua Qian
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Visual Arts
A Lennon Wall in Taipei shows solidarity with Hong Kong, 2019. Photo: Nikki Lam.
The image of a note-covered ‘Lennon Wall’ has become a recognisable visual motif for the Hong Kong civil rights protests, which have simmered and bubbled through the city’s summer.
In Melbourne, artist and curator Nikki Lam has organised an exhibition in support of the movement in Hong Kong, where she grew up and from which she recently returned. Bringing together artists from Hong Kong and Australia, the exhibition Sleepless Summer will be presented against the backdrop of a Lennon Wall at Missing Persons in Melbourne.
Jinghua Qian (they/them) is a Shanghainese writer, poet and provocateur living in the Kulin nations. Their work has appeared on stages, pages and airwaves including Melbourne Writers’ Festival, SBS, Popula, Overland and The Guardian. Formerly the Head of News at Sixth Tone, an English-language media outlet based in Shanghai, and a broadcaster with 3CR Community Radio’s Queering the Air, Jinghua currently serves on the board of Asian-Australian arts and culture magazine, Peril.
Twitter: @qianjinghua
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