Hong Kong artist Mak2 discusses changing her name, doing stand-up, and creating her first sitcom.
I find inspiration by experimenting with different creative media and pathways. My previous works can be considered part of the contemporary art discipline, but this year, I’m coming out with a sitcom, Hong Kong’s Next Top Artist, a web series that’ll be released mid-February.
In 2018, a feng shui master advised me to add a “2” to my name, and I attribute my success to the narrative that he and I created.
When people have an idea and want it to be persuasive, they use the endorsement of a ‘higher power’ to make it more convincing.
Two years ago, I started doing stand-up comedy. I’m serious about humour because it’s a very hard thing to do well and has a certain structure that needs to be learnt as if you were studying for an academic subject.
I have an upcoming exhibition in Berlin at Peres Projects this March. The work I’ll be showing will be a new sub-series of works within my Home Sweet Home series and revolves around ideas of censorship, romanticism and fantasy.
My main wish is that I can sustain myself as an artist. I don’t give myself a specific ideology to avoid trapping myself, and my ambition is to always stay creative.
