Sing For Gough Poster Series

Gough Street Festival - Sing for Gough 

This is a poster series for the Gough Festival Hong Kong held in April 2007. Gough Street is one of the oldest streets in Hong Kong and is occupied mostly by buildings which are several stories high and build in the 1950s and 60s.

I used the idea of residents hanging out their washing on bamboo sticks. This is described as the multinational flags scene. In the past Hong Kong people used to hang their clothes outside the windows and the scene resembled an interesting picture of a number of national flags flying in the sky. 

Riding on this interesting and unique scene, I made use of this common practice to form the Chinese name of Gough Street “ 歌賦” in order to remind the collective memory of readers. The red and blue cloth flying in the sky signifies the joyful and cheerful mood of the Gough Festival.

@2007.  1000mmH x 700mmW