Things felt bleak in Hong Kong for Kathy Mak. The city had just reported its first death from the coronavirus, store shelves were being cleared of basic supplies, and the outbreak was giving a months-old protest movement.“Life had just stopped,” said the 30-year-old dance instructor and performer, who like other people in Hong Kong has been confined mostly to her apartment. “People were being hysterical, grabbing toilet paper.”Then, in a fit of inspiration, Mak started jotting down lyrics to a song — a parody she hoped would lighten the mood at an upcoming charity event. “I find it ironic,” he added.
“As a China-born artist trying to reflect the reality in China, I feel like there’s tons of material I can use to expand my artwork. But it’s actually very sad. I’d rather have nothing to work with. Our reality is really bad.”Censors in China make it nearly impossible for subversive memes to go viral, but Badiucao said he’s seen a few attempts from afar. One was a play on Li’s so-called letter of reprimand from the Wuhan police forcing the doctor to acknowledge with two fingerprints that he had spread false rumors. To evade censors, an artist created a copy of the document devoid of writing but whose meaning was unmistakable because of the remaining presence of Li’s fingerprints.“If you’re creative, you can trigger the same emotion in a minimal way,” Badiucao said.There’s nothing subtle about Hong Kong artist. His fantastical, digitally enhanced photographs used to depict his city in more whimsical times: images of himself sitting as a cross-legged giant atop the iconic Star Ferry, the former Kowloon-Canton Railway clock tower tied in a knot.
Today, that creativity is channeled toward reflecting the panic and desperation that’s gripped Hong Kong, which has reported two deaths and 107 infections due to the coronavirus as of Friday evening.His work now includes one image of swarms of protesters climbing on top of one another in a “World War Z” motif. They reach for a pair of blue masks floating in the air. Another depicts Hong Kong riot police carrying guns with their heads replaced by giant, spiky, green virus cells. And in another, Fung shows mask-clad pedestrians staring at a man with a tentacled alien head covered in strings of slime. The caption reads: “Nowadays when you see someone coughing and not wearing a mask.”.
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“We want to hold hands. We want to feel each other’s warmth,” the comic says.
“We need to keep distance because we love each other.”Another in goggles and the white coverall biohazard suit that has become an all-too-familiar sight. A baby bear sits down next to him and calls him a superhero, asking to be his sidekick.Back in Hong Kong, Mak has tried to keep the mood light.
She recently posted a follow-up to her “Torn” cover, made specially for those under home quarantine. The panic-buying-themed exercises include a jog on the spot with bags of rice, and a stretch and reach for toilet paper you might find on the top shelf of a supermarket aisle.That video didn’t get nearly as many clicks, but the last few weeks of momentary fame succeeded in one way, Mak said. “This whole viral thing got me distracted from the virus.”.