Artwork: A Market Never Sleeps (Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market -Night)
Type of Art: Digital Artprint (Giclée printing)
Size: 59.4cm x 42.0cm (Large)
42.0cm x 29.7cm (small)
please select your preferred size for purchase
In light of the gradual loss of cultural heritage and historic buildings due to rapid urbanisation, the project "A Market Never Sleeps" aims to raise public awareness of heritage conservation by capturing the disappearing cultural practices of day and night operations at Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market in Hong Kong and to evoke community stories and collective memories.
During the night, the lights are still on in the fruit market, where many people, including shopkeepers, porters, buyers and retailers, are busy in and out of the fruit market, placing crates of fruit imported from overseas in front of the shops and across Waterloo Road for packing and wholesale. The road has been transformed into a wholesale marketplace. Porters and buyers gather to pack and collect the fruits. The fruits are then being distributed to different shops around Hong Kong. This commercial activity goes on night after night, working against the clock so that the road can be reopened before the early hours of the morning.
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The Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market is a unique place in the city, surrounded by residential and commercial buildings. This creates a striking contrast between the urban area and the market. The market offers a glimpse into Hong Kong's past, evoking the atmosphere of the 1980s.
A Market Never Sleeps (Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market -Night)
- Artwork: A Market Never Sleeps (Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market -Night)
- Type of Art: Digital Artprint (Giclée printing)
- Size: 59.4cm x 42.0cm (Large)
- 42.0cm x 29.7cm (small)
- please select your preferred size for purchase
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