Akeroyd Collection
Works
Leung Chi Wo, My Random Diary 0, 2023
![a B&W image of the Hong Kong Skyline with white text overlaid that reads 'the union of Hong Kong Post Office Employees was founded'](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F6d58ef6d7ba363e8d309ee93572e816e5846eba4-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white mage of a sky with the top of a church spire in it. The words 'Celebrations of Hung Shing Festivals' are superimposed on top.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F765190064a93f30141aff50c90473492ac40ddec-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white image of a sports court with white lines on the floor. In the background, there are trees and some apartment buildings.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F9387d4d204386d7c9d51974060d5e81e8f5c1c65-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white image of a shop front containing lots of toys. At the top, the words 'He was stabbed in the head and chest' are superimposed.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F4fcc59d8b75ea19de1069393aa50eac6938a68cb-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white image of a narrow passageway lined with whops. The words 'There was a conflict' are superimposed.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2Fdc0cb006efacb7a6c8b41e92a792693dce48ce24-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white image of a clock fixed to a wall. The words 'The incident is suspected to be related to a love triangle' are superimposed on top.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F131d01dc8101590187d6daaca2156ca9b8e5f2f9-2400x1350.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Large projection of a black and white image of buildings and sky in a concrete gallery space.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2F5f266a83b77ddefec8399f6237c4f586ce7c0c7c-2400x1800.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
![Black and white image of the top of a lamppost and sky on a large projection screen in a concrete grey gallery space.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Frp6jt0va%2Fproduction%2Fea33f84165e5f23b859183a779fc1123a8d59943-2400x1800.jpg%3Ffit%3Dmax%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75)
My Random Diary 0 (2023) is a sequel to My Random Diary (2020) and works as a companion piece that continues to explore the historical events of the late 1960s in Hong Kong. In this film, a toy music box of children’s songs replaces the suspenseful soundtrack of sparse piano in the prequel. This lends a gentle nostalgia to the work that’s at odds with the more disturbing and matter-of-fact news items that appear as subtitles throughout. Similarly, to the companion work, a rolling slide reel of black and white images range from cloudy skies, to architectures devoid of people, street scenes and close crops of specific artefacts and furniture. The voice in the prequel is replaced with text that adds events from the news cycles of the 1960s onwards. Some violent, some political, some just human interest.
By synthesizing and collecting these archival materials, images and stories, Leung combines quotidian events with parallel moments of political instability. My Random Diary 0 juxtaposes these unrelated moments from various news archives with the photos taken during the site visits of the covered stories some 50 years later. The artists research into the site determining the order and re-telling of the historical events. Collectively, alongside My Random Diary, and in the context of the wider photographic project, Date Series (2017-ongoing), this embroils the personal into the political, gives weight to the subjective experience of history and lends a human perspective to the otherwise flattened homogeneity of historical facts.
Medium | Single channel video installation (black & white, sound, 4K) |
Duration | 18 minutes 5 seconds |
Edition | of 5 + 2 APs |