Stolen Times for Sale 販賣偷來的時間

2008 Video Installation/ Performance
Exhibited in
《Move On Asia 2010 Single Channel Video Art Festival》(Touring Exhibition)
Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong; Tate Modern, London Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea;
《Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award 2009》
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
《The 14th ifva (Interactive Media Category) Finalist Works Exhibition》
4/F, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2009
《Anonymity – The Debut Solo Exhibition of Silas Fong》
Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong, 2008
《New Trend 2008》Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, Hong Kong, 2008
《Current》Graduation Exhibition, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2008

We are merchants
Everyday we purchase
Time for money Money for time

I sell the stolen times
For reasonable price

Silas Fong is the first merchant in Hong Kong, for giving customers outstanding value for money, the highest quality in fresh time.

The performer steals time from strangers through pressing the button of elevators. The stolen times are recorded as video and are being exhibited in a gallery. Visitors can purchase and take away these times, which are extracted into a CD with money from the performer. According to the duration, number of people involved, their approximate age, appearance and response, prices for stolen times are different. The video sequences once sold are replaced by “SOLD – XX SECONDS FOR $XXX”, and are being shown together with the unsold ones.

販賣偷來的時間
2008錄像裝置/行為

展覽
第十四屆ifva互動媒體組入圍作品展，香港藝術中心四樓包氏畫廊, 2009
《不知名》方琛宇首個個人展覽，牛棚藝術村藝術公社, 2008
《出爐2008》大專藝術畢業生群展，牛棚藝術村藝術公社, 2008
《Current》畢業展，香港浸會大學視覺藝術院畫廊, 2008