'Reframing Strangeness', an exhibition that stages a selection of Hong Kong-based artist Ha Bik Chuen's (1925–2009) motherboards, collagraphs and gouache drawings, opens Friday, 9 May, at Para Site. Join us for the opening reception.

In the mid-20th century, Hong Kong was on the brink of significant economic and societal transformation. During this time, the surfaces of 'motherboards', the term Ha coined for his collagraph plates, became an arena for Ha to explore a unique modernist visual vocabulary while also nurturing his passion for obsessive record-keeping of all kinds. 

The exhibition can also be considered as another interpretative engagement with Ha’s expansive practice by various practitioners, including the Yogyakarta-based research group Hyphen—, London-based publisher Afterall and Hong Kong-based artist Kensa Hung. In addition to showcasing Ha's work, the exhibition will foster further discussion through a series of public programmes, including podcasts and workshops, extending the discourse surrounding Ha’s practice from the city to the world beyond.

‘Reframing Strangeness: Ha Bik Chuen’s Motherboards and Collagraphs’ is curated by Michelle Wun Ting Wong.