Will Kwan

Canaries (the bank and the treasury), 2007

3-channel video projection, 20 chromira prints on dibond, 10 drawings with ash on paper

digital study



Canaries (the bank and the treasury), 2007

3-channel video projection, 20 chromira prints on dibond, 10 drawings with ash on paper

videostill



Canaries (the bank and the treasury), 2007

3-channel video projection, 20 chromira prints on dibond, 10 drawings with ash on paper

videostill



Canaries (the bank and the treasury), 2007

3-channel video projection, 20 chromira prints on dibond, 10 drawings with ash on paper

chromira print, 48" x 30"

Will Kwan is an artist/writer who was born in Hong Kong. He currently is residing in Maastricht, Holland. He received a BA from the University of Toronto (Scarborough, 2002) and his MFA from Columbia University (2004). He has presented work at the Venice Biennale (2003) and the PS1 in New York (2005). His artworks named "Canaries (the bank and the treasury) is a project that proposes a narrative link between multinational banking, Taoist funerary rituals, and overseas communities originating from Hong Kong" (www.studiowillkwan.com). Much of his work comments on the colonial forces that have established and sustained the city of Hong Kong. It also explores issues of social conditioning behind cultural identity.

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