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It Takes Two

Thank You, Next took up the ground floor of a residential building on the brink of demolition in Jordan. Inspired by the Ariana Grande hit song of the (phonetically) same title, the exhibition curated by architect Natasza Minasiewicz, which ran from October 21 to December 3, featured a large totemic structure composed of a stack of coring samples. These ring-shaped, mostly concrete samples were extracted from the walls and floors of buildings under renovation around the city, including a small 1960s housing complex near Wan Chai’s Star Street precinct. The once decrepit building is now home to Kiang Malingue’s new gallery space.

“We wanted to assert our Hong Kong

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