By Jonathan Shih
German artist Michael Wolf spent years walking the back alleys of Hong Kong and mainland China, documenting improvised DIY chairs – each one patched, repaired and rebuilt from whatever materials its maker could find.
On occasion members of the public notified authorities of his amblings. “I was never actually arrested, but was detained twice for more than six hours in a public security bureau and questioned. Both times my films were confiscated”, he said of the experience.
The project was part of his wider practice, concentrated on capturing the culture and architecture of megacities.
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