Kinky Vicious, one of Hong Kong's first exhibitions of images captured and edited entirely on iPhone, continues until October 15 at the Culture Club Gallery.
In a series of lavishly panoramic photographs that belie the limitations of the iPhone 3GS camera, artist Liam Fitzpatrick combines impressionistic whirls of light and arresting perspectives to offer unexpected images of his city. Many views are depopulated. This is partly in homage to one of Fitzpatrick's inspirations: the 19th century “Queen's Road photographers” whose early cameras couldn't capture the speed of human movement and so produced unintentionally eerie images of deserted streets.
Fitzpatrick's un-peopled images suggest striving for stillness in a frenetic city. Without crowds, Hong Kong's chief topographical elements – towers, sea and bare hillside – become timeless totems of a place living so intensely. Reflecting Hong Kong's history as a port, many images are taken on the water.
Fitzpatrick was born in Hong Kong of Chinese and Irish parentage. He has worked as a kitchen porter, dance-party promoter, theater director, music producer, poet and journalist.
Culture Club Gallery
Central, Hong Kong
(October 6, 2011)
The show has this unusual
view of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor.
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