Para Site’s Beauty Pageant: In Search of Miss Ruthless

Description

In the 1970s, Hong Kong saw the rise of broadcast television and the formation of Miss Hong Kong  and later Miss Chinese International,  starting a colourful modern tradition. In recent memory, Miss Hong Kong 2015 Louisa Mak used her platform as a crowned queen to voice discontent with the political situation of her city and the status of women at large.

This show presents the work of 23 artists inspired by the media infrastructure that frames a pageant queen. Including archival documents, an experimental audio guide, two web projects, the show strives to envision a “Miss Ruthless” – a fictive pageant queen of the future and tongue-in-check emblem for Hong Kong.