Go underground
Wong’s packaged souvenirs include the last issue Hong Kong Apple Daily And the accordion he used in “Patriot”.
After officials arrested its senior managers and used national security laws to freeze company assets, Apple Daily went bankrupt in June.
Wong predicts that critical political art will slowly disappear from the city and be replaced by “more and more decorations.”
“Many Chinese Communist Party agents try to please Beijing, so they go to extremes” to pursue anything that is considered politically challenging.
Huang poses in the sculpture “Asteroids and Comets” in Hong Kong in 2018
“That’s why people say it’s like the Cultural Revolution. It’s happening. It’s not as serious as mainland China in the 1960s, but it’s getting there,” he said.
His advice to Hong Kong artists is to “go underground” and “keep the fire burning” and show their works to friends and close contacts at home.
He vowed to continue to “advocate for freedom in Hong Kong” and urged others who have been overseas to do the same.
“I don’t think I left Hong Kong. I think Hong Kong was forced to leave me because Hong Kong was kidnapped,” he said.
“From now on, Hong Kong will live in my heart because Hong Kong as I know it no longer exists.”
