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Pak Sheung Chuen
is an artist who lives and works in Hong Kong. His work often reflects on the contradictions and absurdities of everyday life in a poetic and humorous manner. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions; he represented Hong Kong in the 53rd Venice Biennale. From 2003 until 2007, his works were published in the newspaper Ming Pao on a nearly weekly basis. He is the author of ODD ONE IN: Hong Kong Diary and ODD ONE IN II: Invisible Travel.
“Nightmare Wallpaper” is an adaptation of an artwork that was first presented by the author in 2017 at an exhibition at Para Site in Hong Kong, which was curated by Freya Chou. “Nightmare Wallpaper” was published as part of Triple Canopy’s Immaterial Literature project area, which receives support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Opaline Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Federation and Endowment Fund. Issue 24, Risk Pool, was made possible through the generous support of VIA Art Fund.