Artists vs Media vs Government vs Artists: Using Industrial Buildings Revitalisation as an Example

This essay features an interview; among the discussants have been Lam Ka-man Carmi, Executive Editor of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook, Leung Po-shan Anthony, Convener of the Factory Artists Concern Group, Chow Chun-fai, Convener of the Factory Artists Concern Group and a Fotanian member, and AhKok Wong, spokesperson of the Revitalization Independence Partnership (RIP) and an underground musician in Kwun Tong. With most questions asked by Lam, they began a discussion revolving around the following issues: rental increases for industrial buildings, what should be condemned the most in the revitalization of industrial buildings, how media coverage influenced the artists’ confrontation, focuses of different news media, characterized into mainstream and independent ones, and the subtle relationship among them, the conditions of the artists fighting against the revitalization and the amount of attention they could draw, the aspirations and approaches of artists working with different media, the new development of their confrontation, and the discussants’ visions for the future.