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I Can Reach Both Sides
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 2018
Artist: Kar Yan Luk
Dimensions:
95 × 75 mm (9.5 × 7.5 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Object number: J.2026.28.CC.10
DescriptionBronze medal from the British Art Medal Society student project 2018, titled I Can Reach Both Sides.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2018:
'Hong Kong was recently ranked the most expensive housing market in the world, where the average flat sells for 19 times the gross average income. People are squished into flats that resemble cage houses or coffins. On the medal, a woman is crushed into a sardine tin, both hands reaching the sides of the wall, which is how she lives. On the reverse, the high rise poor living conditions are depicted! ' This medal received a Merit.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2018:
'Hong Kong was recently ranked the most expensive housing market in the world, where the average flat sells for 19 times the gross average income. People are squished into flats that resemble cage houses or coffins. On the medal, a woman is crushed into a sardine tin, both hands reaching the sides of the wall, which is how she lives. On the reverse, the high rise poor living conditions are depicted! ' This medal received a Merit.