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A few years ago, Michael and I decided to start a farm in Mong Kok. We were in a process of reflection on urban edge and the potential antagonism an urban intervention project could bring about. We were looking at structures built on existing infrastructure and developed a visual for the rooftop that is scheduled to be demolished.
In our city, air is put in a cubical and up for sale.Standing on the rooftop and look around you soon get a feeling that the sky in this city does not belong to everyone, but to those who can climb high enough to put a cap on top. Volumes are traded in the market, circulation of air take another form in economic terms. I live 5 storeys high, with 2000 cube feet of air. The developers literally make money out of thin air.
VeryMK, as an installation art, creates a visual of space. That you see how air are produced by plants, how it filled up the space, and you see air flow from the coast, then it is blocked by luxurious apartments. You see the surrounding structure of pre-war buildings and the newly erected shopping malls, where volumes of air is commodified and traded in the real-property market.
