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Type:Physical Object
Subject:jail clothes; jail slippers; prison; prisoners' daily supplies
Description:Each prisoners would recieve 3 set of uniforms and a pair of slippers. Prisoner number was printed on the uniforms.
Type:Location
Subject:exhibition; building; modern art; heritage; Jockey Club
Description:JC Contemporary houses exhibition spaces as well as a viewing terrace and a restaurant. The building is connected to gallery spaces in F Hall. Meanwhile, the JC Cube houses a multi-purpose auditorium for screenings, conferences, seminars and educational activities. The building is connected to the back-of-house facilities in D and E Halls. It features a covered outdoor space with audience seating located in the void beneath the auditorium known as the Laundry Steps. [show more]
Type:Film
Subject:Kwan Kung; Anthony Wong Chau Sang
Description:This movie shows us the tension between the old and new value by using Kwan Kung.
Type:Scuplture
Subject:Kwan Kung sculptures; Wan Chai; Salute to Kwan Kung
Description:There are four types of Kwan Kung inluding the one with vertical blade to protect people's safety, wit horizontal blade to give luck to businessmen,holding The Commentary of Zuo to give luck to students for exams,riding the Red Hare which shows the power of Kwan Kung. [show more]
Type:Physical object
Subject:Kwan's Halberd; Cheung Chun Yuen
Description:It is one of the Kwan's Halberd used for training youth for the imperial military examination in the Qing's Dynasty in Kam Tin.
Type:Physical Resource
Subject:jail; prison; storage; store; tools
Description:Ladder store was used to prevent prisoners using tools to escape. Tools like bamboos, hammers, blankets and long ladders were locked in the store. Some people think it is also an entrance to go to the secret passage but there are no evidence to prove that. [show more]
Type:Location
Subject:Prison; Jail; Wan Chai; Tai Kwun
Description:It was the lower E hall. People can now use it as a leisure place. There is also exhibition - Every Life is a song.
Type:Physical Object
Subject:bureaucracy; steps; staircase; repition;
Description:A series of steps within the JC Contemporary building, with "Mind the step" warnings between every two steps, targeting humor on bureaucracy while shifting perspectives
Type:Photo
Subject:Salute to Kwan Kung; Wan Chai; Tai Kwun
Description:This photo shows us how it was like when people held wedding in Kwan Tai Hall.
Type:Physical Resource
Subject:toilet; washroom; prison; staff
Description:This is a Prison Staff Toilet in the Victoria Prison in Hong Kong, which never had a flush toilet system built inside prison cells. Inmates were gives buckets for toilet use only and this washroom was for staff only.