Lisa Reihana /DigiRadiance: GOLD_LEAD_WOOD_COAL Nov 2 – 30, 2024, 11am –7pmArtist talk: Friday, Nov 1, 5pm – 6pm Tai Kwun10 Hollywood Road Central, Hong Kong taikwun.hk Tai Kwun is proud to present DigiRadiance: GOLD_LEAD_WOOD_COAL, an immersive digital exhibition on view from 2 to 30 November 2024 in F Hall Studio. Featuring a newly commissioned multi-channel video installation produced by the acclaimed Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana, this exhibition, curated by Tobias Berger, brings together the far-flung islands of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Hong Kong. Based on the moving yet tragic story of the sinking of SS Ventnor, the video immerses audiences in an extraordinary fictional funeral procession from New Zealand to Hong Kong. The artist’s work draws on what is shared by these islands, including a strong maritime legacy and a history shaped by colonial forces—in a way following her distinctive blend of history and fiction in her large-scale video installation, in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (2015-17), when she represented New Zealand in the 2017 Venice Biennale. In DigiRadiance: GOLD_LEAD_WOOD_COAL, Lisa Reihana explores issues surrounding foreign labour, longing, and displacement. The work takes us back to the late 1800s, shining light …