Folklore and fantasy can tell us a lot about reality.
A highlight of Hong Kong’s art week, Hart Haus is hosting two new exhibitions by queer female artists who use escapist themes to offer their grounded reflections on modern society.
Folklore and fantasy can tell us a lot about reality.
A highlight of Hong Kong’s art week, Hart Haus is hosting two new exhibitions by queer female artists who use escapist themes to offer their grounded reflections on modern society.
On the third floor exhibition space at 12P Smithfield Road in Kennedy Town, Florence Lee Yuk-ki’s exhibition “Double Blue: An Altered Fairy Tale of Hong Kong (I)” is divided into “sky” and “sea” chapters. It is not a traditional happily ever after but a loose narrative of emotions and memories, with an open-ended conclusion.
The entrance is dominated by Where Sight Sinks into Starlit Eyes (2025), a life-size replica of a section of an aircraft cabin with a six-channel, illustrated animation visible through the oval windows.

From a passenger’s perspective, the Hong Kong skyline gives way to clouds before unfamiliar landscapes emerge. Fragments of the “Flying Chess” board game – a pre-smartphone staple for the city’s families – interrupt the journey on occasion, turning a childhood pastime into a metaphor for how arbitrary dice rolls can determine life paths.
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