{"id":10863,"date":"2016-05-05T07:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthtoiris.com\/?p=10863"},"modified":"2016-05-06T09:23:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T01:23:53","slug":"debris-hong-kongs-identity-vhils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthtoiris.com\/debris-hong-kongs-identity-vhils\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;DEBRIS&#8221; &#038; HONG KONG&#8217;S IDENTITY BY VHILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">HONG KONG | EXHIBITION:\u00a0 Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils uncovers Hong Kong's identity story through the city's visual culture and his unique visual language. The artists compositions\u00a0 are created through a destructive process that removes\u00a0 layers of walls and other surfaces.\u00a0 \"Debris\" explores the notions of identity in contemporary's urban societies. 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width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\r\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\r\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 28.125% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BD2d9iLRpCN\/\" target=\"_blank\">A video posted by Iris (@earthtoiris)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-04-06T07:51:13+00:00\">Apr 6, 2016 at 12:51am PDT<\/time><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\r\nPhotos by Earth to Iris.\r\n\r\n<em>Debris 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The Inspiration Collage section complements the original content of our blog. In this \u2018Inspiration Collage\u2019 you can keep track of the exhibitions we visited, artists and creative minds we met or any other stuff we found online. Unlike the rest of our sections, some of the posts we feature here may link to external content.<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG | EXHIBITION:\u00a0 Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils uncovers Hong Kong&#8217;s identity story through the city&#8217;s visual culture and his unique visual language. The artists compositions\u00a0 are created through a destructive process that removes\u00a0 layers of walls and other surfaces.\u00a0 &#8220;Debris&#8221; explores the notions of identity in contemporary&#8217;s urban societies. 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