Poster Arts Humanities Literature

Locating the Cultural Identity in Hong Kong-British Art and Literature

Cultural identity has never been more pressing to Hong Kong. Although my project started half a year before the anti-ELAB protests, it anticipates many of the issues such as third space and post-orientalism which the city still ostensibly grapples with.

May 19, 2020

Jesse Ng

Laidlaw Scholar 2019 at Leeds University and Hong Kong University, Current PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

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Cultural identity has never been more pressing to Hong Kong. The anti-extradition bill protests erupted roughly in the Summer of 2019 put the city's identity crisis in the world's limelight. Although my project started half a year before the anti-ELAB protests, it anticipates many of the issues which deeply affect and complicate the identity politics of Hong Kong people. My poster specifically focuses on a painting and novel made by two Hong Kong-British artists to explore the third space and post-orientalism which the postcolonial city still ostensibly grapples with.

Jesse Ng (She/Her)

Laidlaw Scholar 2019 at Leeds University and Hong Kong University, Current PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

My research looks at the affects and aesthetics of postcolonial Hong Kong art and literature, with an interest in decolonisation and critical cosmopolitanism. My PhD, in particular, examines the popular cultural and western canonical references many Hong Kong cultural forms carry.