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120 x 180 (mm)            8 pages
Staple Binding            Printed in London, UK, 2025
“ Between borders, beneath fabric. ”

As a Hongkonger living in the UK in 2025, I aimed to explore how Hong Kong is not just a place, but a state of mind that quietly follows its people. Even when displaced, our habits, memories, and ways of seeing continue to carry fragments of home. ‘Red-White-Blue‘ nylon bag is very commonly seen in Hong Kong, Its woven texture, appearing fragile yet incredibly strong, mirrors the spirit of Hong Kong people — often underestimated but resilient. Once a symbol of working-class labour and early waves of migration, the bag has become a quiet icon of endurance. In terms of cultural aspect, I interpret the bag as a vessel of memory, hardship and cultural weight. Now, the bag is given a new meaning. Its colours echo the Union Jack, merging two identities in tension: belong to a borrowed space with no roots.

Building on the idea of woven, I used a method of photo weaving to visualise the Hong Kong in London through my lens. Where the weaven pattern of ‘Red-White-Blue‘ nylon bag interwind the pattern of glitches. I digitally wove together photographs from both Hong Kong and London — intertwining places, moments, and feelings. Creating a visual glitch we might have overlook in life, reflects on how fragments of home survive migration — tucked into bags, between accents, across generations — quietly reminding us: we never truly left.

I value the visual delivery and weight of identity as a paramount. I designed the zine using the exact proportions of the Hong Kong flag (2:3 ratio) to embed a subtle sense of familiarity and intimacy for UK based Hongkongers, showing as a quiet nod to the place we carry with us.

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