Superimposition (UK-HK)
︎ Link to Peer to Peer: UK / HK - Power of Place
︎ Acamdemic Paper: An Image-based Multimodal Approach to Post-colonial Everyday Visual
Artists:Hin Nam FONG, Melanie KING, Samson Pak Hang WONG
In this project, we explored the historical, cultural, temporal, and spatial connection between the United Kingdom and Hong Kong through the double exposure of objects and spaces. This project signifies not only the colonial history of the UK to HK but also the post-colonial state of these two places. We focused on the similarity of objects and spaces from these two areas, including street lights, self-portraits, buildings, construction sites, post boxes and windows.
Double exposure: HK to HK︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎



























Triple exposure: UK to HK︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎






















Double exposure: UK to HK︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎











Following this project, we used a photogrammetry technique to represent postboxes from the UK and HK, and generated 3D models out of these images. When we overlaid these models, we produced a digital, 3D version of double exposure. The merged post box model highlights the connection between these two places spatially and historically. We extracted the colours of both post boxes from the models to flat images to reflect the post-colonial visual culture and political symbols in daily life. Through the plain renderings, we tried to explore the transformative materiality of the post boxes.
Post Box Rendering︎︎︎︎︎︎




Post Box Palette︎︎︎︎︎︎



