Law Yuk Mui and Leung Chi Wo Examine Hong Kong's History Through Art

Key facts

• Law Yuk Mui's exhibition 'Take me to the River, Draw me a Star' runs 3 June – 2 July at Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong.
• Leung Chi Wo's exhibition 'Past-Future Tense' runs 23 May – 8 July at Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong.
• 1963 was Hong Kong's driest year on record, leading to water rationing and a rainmaking ritual on 2 June 1963 by Sheung Shui villagers on Wa Shan.
• Law's show includes star charts based on Wa Shan's coordinates for 2 June 1963 and 2023, both Water Rabbit years.
• Leung's work references Margaret Thatcher's 1982 visit to China and the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.
• Leung's 'Date Series' photographs skies from sites of 1967 riots, which began after fare hike protests and a labor dispute.
• The 1898 lease granted Britain control of Hong Kong's New Territories for 99 years, leading to local resistance.
• Two murders occurred in Hong Kong just after the exhibitions opened, including a knife attack by a person with schizophrenia.