The space of appearance: how can contemporary art represent the politicization of space by domestic workers in Hong Kong, and what political relevance do such art practices have?<\/p>\n
In 2009 artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu exhibited the artwork Hong Kong Intervention at the
\nOsage Gallery in Hong Kong. The artists had given each of the 100 participants (all Filipino
\ndomestic workers) a plastic toy grenade and asked each participant to photograph the grenade
\nsomewhere within his or her employers home. These images were shown alongside images of
\nthe participants with their back to the camera so that they could remain anonymous. The
\ninterventions\u00a0highlighted the social tensions within domestic politics and the interdependency
\nof both the employer and employee.<\/p>\n
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