The Hong Kong House in 2025 will host a special exhibition by two artists, Chris Cheung (h0nh1m) and Sim Shum Kwan Yi.
The natural water stones shaped by the rivers and mountains of the Shinano witness the passage of time and ecological changes. Chris Cheung (h0nh1m) and Sim Shum Kwan Yi use these water stones to create installations that resonate with ceramic pots, bringing the sounds of nature into Hong Kong House. They also explore the connection between the two places through paintings and paper lanterns. The Whisper of Stones offers the audience a unique sensory experience of the environment.
Chris Cheung (h0nh1m) and Sim Shum Kwan Yi
Chris Cheung Hon Him (h0nh1m) is a Hong Kong artist best known for installation art and audiovisual performance. His unique artistic expression and aesthetic perspective blend traditional and futuristic concepts, innovatively interpreting Eastern and Western philosophies. Recent works including Ink | Pulse (collaborated with calligrapher Tong Yang-tze) and Waving Script are commissioned by M+ and Hong Kong Palace Museum respectively. After Snowfall is the latest new multimedia Grand Dance Poem collaborated with Hong Kong Dance Company. In 2025, he was awarded Artist of the Year (Media Arts) at the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.
In 2008, he established the artist collective XCEPT and XCEED. Their collective works have been showcased in art festivals and forums including Austria, Poland and Brazil, and awarded worldwide, such as Red Dot Design Award in Germany, TDC Awards in New York, USA, New York Art Director Club Young Guns 11, Lumen Prize in the UK, Frame Awards in the Netherlands, GDC11 in Shenzhen, Japan Typography Association, Hong Kong Global Design Awards, Design for Asia Awards. In recent years, he established innovation lab XPLOR and created a platform called FutureTense, focusing on future living aesthetics and education.
Shum Kwan Yi, Sim graduated with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the Department of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, and completed a semester exchange at Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Japan. Her practice focuses on ink art, through which she explores the contemporary relevance of traditional landscape painting, transforming it into a symbolic language. Her works weave together personal and collective social narratives, addressing themes of societal constraint and displacement.
In 2022, she received the Bronze Award at the Liu Kuo-sung Ink Art Award. At the same year, her solo exhibition “The Unbearable Lightness” was recognised with the D&AD Wood Pencil, New York ADC Bronze Cube, Tokyo TDC Award, Golden Pin Design Award, and Asian Design Silver Award. In 2024, her publication Dust and Cicada Chirping received the Golden Pin Design Award, New York ADC, and Asian Design Merit Award. In recent years, she has actively participated in community art projects, including “Art Kuk Po” (2024), the “Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival” (2023), and “Lamma Mia” (2021), continually exploring the possibilities of ink art and community engagement. Her works have been exhibited multiple times at Art Basel and are included in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
Hong Kong House
A residency and gallery space built as a platform for continuous cultural exchange between Hong Kong and Echigo-Tsumari. Designed by a winner of the open competition, Yip Chun Hang and Team who has risen their profile through their participation in Venice Biennale in 2012. In co-operation with universities in Hong Kong, Cultural Institutions and local governments, Hong Kong House organises and hosts various exchange programmes throughout the year as well as provides residency space for artists, performers and writers who will have been chosen through open competitions to stay, create and present their works. Click ≫here for details of Hong Kong House.
Photo by Osamu Nakamura
Summary
| Date and time | 7/19(Sat.)～8/31(Sun.) except Tue. & Wed. / Sat., Sun. & Holidays 9/1(Sat.)～11/9(Sun.) |
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| Venue |
Hong Kong House (29-4, Miyanohara, Oaza-Kamigo-Kamigo-za, Tsunan-cho, Naka-uonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan) |
| Admission | Individual admission ¥600 for adults / ¥300 for children 6-15 years old (Kamigo Clove Theatre and Hong Kong House Admission Fee), or a common ticket for "Echigo-Tsumari Art Filed 2025". |
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