Dorothy Wong Ka Chung and Benjamin Ryser

Dorothy Wong Ka Chung (1991, born in Hong Kong) and Benjamin Ryser (1989, born in Switzerland); in the Truku tribe also known as Qurug and Lowking. The artist duo, who have been working in Europe, Hong Kong and Taiwan in recent years, often intervene in local communities in different countries with images and sounds. They are concerned with displaced communities in different places, investigating the sense of belonging, identity, imagined homelands, as well as issues related to politics and history. In recent years, their works often collect the stories of different individuals to accumulate the urban memory of the community.

Their site-specific work has been shown in the streets of Hong Kong, on a Venetian boat in the Venice Lagoon at sunset, and on the traditional territory of Taiwan’s Truku tribe. They have collaborated with museums and institutions such as M+, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Goethe-Institut Hongkong, WMA (Hong Kong), Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum Thurgau (Switzerland), SomoS Arts (Berlin), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Hong-Gah Museum, The Cube Project Space (Taiwan), Pro Helvetia – The Swiss Arts Council in Venice (Italy).