Wong and Ryser are an artist duo who have travelled and worked in Europe (Venice, Berlin, Switzerland, Norway), U.S., Hong Kong and Taiwan. Frequently interacting with local communities in different countries using images and sound, their focus lies in examining dispersed communities, exploring themes such as sense of belonging, identity, imagined homelands, and their intersections with politics and history. They have realised artistic research projects among the Hong Kong diaspora around the world, the local Hong Kong community, and indigenous people in Taiwan and the U.S. Their recent works often revolve around the collection of personal narratives from individuals, serving as a means to accumulate collective urban memories.
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).
黃加頌(1991,生於香港)及 Benjamin Ryser(1989,生於瑞士)。近年於歐洲、香港和臺灣居住和工作的藝術家組合,常以影像和聲音介入不同國家的在地社群。他們關注各地被遷移的群族,研究歸屬感、身份認同、想像的家鄉,以及與政治和歷史攸關的議題。近年作品常透過收集不同個體的故事,累積群體的城市記憶。
他們的特定場域作品曾在香港街道、日落時威尼斯潟湖的船上、臺灣太魯閣國家公園山中大同部落展出。他們亦曾與多間藝術館及機構合作,包括:M+、大館當代美術館、香港歌德學院、WMA (香港);Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen、Kunstmuseum Thurgau(瑞士);SomoS Arts (柏林);臺北市立美術館、鳳甲美術館、立方計劃空間(臺灣);Pro Helvetia(瑞士文化基金會) -The Swiss Arts Council in Venice(威尼斯)。