Story of Simon Birch
People often ask about my inspirations and how I developed @the14thfactory. This is my story...
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While developing The 14th Factory, meaning a lot of research and planning, I put up a little show at the new Louis Vuitton store in Hong Kong, surprising as it was an edgy show juxtaposed by the luxury environment.
Shot by Stanley Wong, a reflection and documentation of my journey surviving cancer, titled Out of Darkness. Seeing shots of myself going through chemo in a high-profile store selling handbags was interesting. But it was driven by an amazing woman Vita Wong who pushed for it to happen. A very moving show and helped me find closure from that experience. Plus I got a free suit.
Some other side projects and experiments also in some of these images. Including whole series of spray paint figures on the walls of HK, a tribute to the King of Kowloon, based on the Money King from Chinese mythology, produced with the help of Bodhi and PuiPui.
