Para Site is thrilled to present ‘Empty Set’, a solo exhibition by Pratchaya Phinthong.

Phinthong’s first institutional solo exhibition in Hong Kong, ‘Empty Set’ serves as both an intervention and a stage—bringing together cultural workers, scientists and cross-disciplinary collaborators to pose questions, share critical reflections and explore futures shaped by the climate emergency. The exhibition acts as a catalyst for a larger project that will unfold throughout fall 2025 in and around Para Site’s space through site interventions, a symposium, a film programme and performances.

The exhibition uses the ‘empty set’ (∅)—a circle with a diagonal dash, an absence with defined boundaries yet containing no elements—as a guiding concept and a conceptual placeholder for ideas and discussions outside of rigid knowledge structures. ‘Empty Set’ creates a place for new possibilities, a literal opening of the exhibition space to the outside world. Walls, windows and other thresholds become elements of an experiential montage, edited into interventions that dissolve the fourth wall of the gallery and expose it to realities beyond.

About the artist: Pratchaya Phinthong (b. 1974, Thailand) is a contemporary artist whose conceptual, research-driven practice examines themes of labour, migration, and economic systems. His work often invites active participation and blurs the boundaries between artist and collaborator. Through his internationally exhibited projects, Phinthong continues to interrogate the global circulation of goods, people, and ideas.

‘Empty Set’ is curated by Billy Tang.

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