Queen’s College

On 26 April 1884, the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new premises of the Government Central School at the junction of Aberdeen Street and Hollywood Road was presided over by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George Ferguson Bowen. Dr Sun Yat-sen had just enrolled at the school, and it is thought likely that he attended the ceremony. The school moved to the new site in 1889, when it was renamed Victoria College; it changed its name to Queen’s College in 1894.

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It was very likely that Dr Sun Yat-sen had attended the foundation ceremony of the new Government Central School on Hollywood Road as a newly joined student. His prudence in pursuing study and persistence in advocating revolution look like the airy roots of the banyan tree that could only touch the ground after a certain number of years. This artwork depicts the silhouette of Dr Sun Yat-sen and the cover page of the Yellow Dragon (school magazine of Queen’s College), and whispers with the original site of the Government Central School across the street.

Tse Kam Wing, Kenneth

Kenneth Tse graduated from The University of Hong Kong in Master of Architecture in 1997. He won the first prize in an architectural competition for the Centre for Youth Development, and became one of the founders of Meta4 Design Forum since 2000.

In this Venice Biennale, Tse will bring the story about the residents’ difficulties against the urban development and the rally for “retaining heritage, retaining people” in Hong Kong.