Hong Kong is one of the truly metropolitan cities in the world, yet it has been in great turmoil in the past year. Artists included in the show were born after the city has been already transformed into a great modern city in the late 20th century. The conflict in the past few months has exposed to the public the myriad contradictions ordinarily hidden within the intricate structure of the city. Facing the social stalemate at the moment and their shared interest in this city, artists create works to dissect their experience of the city, but bypassing existing sociological and political discourse. Through their own observation and research, their work is a microcosm that shows universal values of their city and liberates the civic rights within. The artists use their unique vision to confront social events and in the process explore and examine art as a way of responding to social phenomena; their artistic practices transcend the bleak reality of the present. While striving for a change, their works are not bounded by the social movement itself. he observation of the city  and artistic practice of Hong Kong artists bring the unique cultural language of the city to the fore in response to the present situation. We hope this exhibition can unite cultural perception, artistic interpretation, globalised city and its systemic development through artist practice, to pursue a wider discussion into city development in the 21st century.