Hong Kong Children’s Day takes place on 4 April each year. For many years, children have been subjected to commemorative activities and events with adults being the ultimate decision makers and de facto authorities governing the day’s events.
This exhibition explores the impossibility of this festival to fully proclaim children’s rights and to celebrate their autonomy. Addressing this fundamental flaw, through the works of these seven artists, *underground-children-festival seeks to illustrate the absurdity of this day, as a metaphor for the hypocrisy of other officially mandated public celebrations.
Presented by Para Site and Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, *underground-children-festival will take place at Hong Kong Arts Centre from 16 June to 31 July.