Spatial Cemetery: A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong

Description

The book you are holding contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your notions of this bustling Asian city butchered as you journey through crevices, clamber over barbed wire, evade security and infiltrate abandoned structures to travel back in time. Your hosts are an anonymous squad of explorers who will take you beyond the shimmering skyscrapers and under the city, where an unknown world awaits.

MEDIA ATTENTION

“Where many people see only squalor and grime, HK Urbex sees a trove of stories.” — Elaine Yau, South China Morning Post

“HK Urbex force us to come face to face with this debris of modernization and these ruins that are constantly accumulating, even as we keep building.” — Lee Kah Wee, assistant professor of architecture at the National University of Singapore

“The explorers belong to HK Urbex, a so-called urban exploration collective whose expeditions often require trespassing or walks through dark, abandoned or dangerous sites. But unlike some urban explorers, they do not court danger purely for its own sake. Their primary goal is to peel back layers of history — sometimes literally, by digging through dust and trash — and forge a video archive of Hong Kong’s colonial-era environment.” — Mike Ives, The New York Times

“To some, a deserted public housing block or a derelict hospital is nothing but a waste of space. But to the explorers behind anonymous collective HK Urbex (Hong Kong Urban Exploration), these forgotten buildings reveal another side of Hong Kong.” — Kate Springer, BBC