Lau Chi Chung’s installation artwork The Dayspring of Eternity revolves around the existence and disappearance of the State Theatre on King’s Road in North Point, meticulously depicting Lau’s memories of primary school and work life along King’s Road. To Lau, the neighbourhood of North Point district is the product of Shanghainese and Fujianese immigrants who moved south in the 1940s and 1950s, once embodying the prosperity and vibrancy of life in Hong Kong. Over seventy years later, people and things have inevitably changed, yet traces of the past remain. Lau will personally lead a stroll along King’s Road starting from Oil Street to Quarry Bay, narrating the little stories behind his installation art and pointing out picture-worthy spots along the way.
Lau Chi Chung is a visual artist and avid collector of old Hong Kong textbooks. He is fascinated by stories relating to Hong Kong’s history and vernacular culture. After graduating from The Surry Institute of Art & Design University College with a BFA in Interior Design in 1999, Lau worked in the television commercial industry as an art director before becoming a full- time artist. Although Lau started out with short films, he has mostly workes within photography and has exhibited in various international photo festivals. His photography series Landscaped Artefacts (2013) gained him the New Photography Artist of the year from Lianzhou Foto Festival in 2013. Lau received third prize of Hong Kong 1st Photobook Dummy Award at the 2021 at Hong Kong Photobook Festival for his latest work, The Dayspring of Eternity.
Cantonese