Artist Justin Hui on how globalisation is shaping our cities, cultural appropriation, the impact of ownership on social issues, and the over reliance on imagery.
Artist Justin Hui
Ep.80 | Architect turned artist Justin Hui sat down with me to talk about his journey into art that started in Africa, how globalisation is shaping cities in Africa and the rest of the world, the impact of colonialism and appropriation, the erosion of Hong Kong’s history, and we also discussed the semiosis of imagery.
Justin started making images when he took a one-way flight to Africa back in 2014 to document Chinese infrastructure for a year. Since then, he has drawn on his practice in architecture to explore topics about land development, borders, globalisation, alienation, memory, and oneself. Besides photography, he works with zines, cartography, space, writing, and found material. He published his first photobook, New Territories, with Asia One in 2022. Trained in architecture at Cornell University, he’s a licensed architect who worked at Herzog & de Meuron and Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
Urban Africa, Made in China follows a year-long trip throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa in 2014
Urban Africa, Made in China follows a year-long trip throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa in 2014
Searching for Poon 尋找潘, 2020 ongoing
New Territories, 2019 ongoing, Justin Poon
Website: www.justin-hui.com
Instagram: @jmyhui
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