SAD Info Days 2021 — Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre

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2021 · Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (vA!)
17 May–20 December 2021
Presented in the medialogue programme

SAD Info Days 2021 presents the products, services and training materials of the fictional School of Artists Development. Survival kits and crash-course notes turn the social habits of the art world into apparently teachable professional skills.

SAD Info Days 2021, installation view. Photograph courtesy of Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

A school, a shop and a set of promises

The exhibition brings SAD into the public spaces of vA!, adopting the visual language of an academy and a shop. Its products question how professional image and social connections shape an artist’s career.

SAD Info Days 2021, installation view. Photograph courtesy of Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.

Social Smoker’s Box

Social Smoker’s Box (2021) is a handmade paper box, 87 × 56 × 22 mm, presented with a leaflet and packaging.

Social Smoker’s Box, 2021.
Social Smoker’s Box, packaged.
Social Smoker’s Box leaflet, 2021.

Seminars and exhibition highlights

Two seminars explored Feng Shui and image design as routes to artistic career success. A video of the events returned to the exhibition as part of the installation.

Watch the exhibition highlights on YouTube

Installation photographs courtesy of Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre; product photographs courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition record — Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre