Hong Kong Artist Chan Wai Lap Explores Social Rules Through Swimming Pool and Bathhouse Installations

Hong Kong artist Chan Wai Lap is presenting several installations during Art Basel Hong Kong, exploring themes of social regulation in everyday spaces. His work includes 'Mimimomo Pool (2026)', a jacuzzi-like seating installation commissioned by UBS, and 'Jeremy's Bathhouse' at Oi! arts complex, which imagines a bathhouse environment with ceramic objects. Chan's practice examines how structured environments like swimming pools and schools shape behavior through visual order and tacit rules. The artist became interested in these spaces after learning to swim as an adult, observing the quiet choreography of public pools. His exhibition at Oi! continues until August 20, while the UBS installation runs through March 29.