Swire Properties Dialogue Series | Beyond the Canvas: Multidisciplinary Arts
Kongkee, CoCo Capitan and Jiang Qiong Er in conversation, moderated by Simon Groom
Date: 26 March 2026 (Thursday), 13:30-14:30
Venue: Swire Properties VIP Lounge at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Language: English
Beyond the Canvas – Multidisciplinary Arts celebrates the creativity that breaks all boundaries—from painting and photography to fashion and phygital experiences, our speakers explored how multidisciplinary practices spark new dialogue and redefine what art can be.
With PRICE / VALUE / TAOTIE, Kongkee stages the collision of art, money, and desire. Extending the mythic continuum of Dragon’s Delusion, he reanimates Taotie in neon—greed refracted through Hong Kong’s capitalist skyline—by way of two neon works: PRICE OR VALUE and TAOTIE.
This work was originally commissioned by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2022.
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Kongkee (Kong Khong-chang), born in Malaysia in 1977 and raised in Hong Kong, is a visual artist and animation director. In 2022, his major solo exhibition “Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk” premiered at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and toured to Wrightwood 659 in Chicago and Tai Kwun in Hong Kong.
Performance documentation by Ray Leung and Thomson Ho.
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