Serendipity

1a Space

Ends August 20

Discovering something by accident happens often. Such serendipity plays into life's unpredictability, opening your mind to new experiences and ideas. That's how five Finnish artists - Joonas Kota, Liisa Lounila, Sami Lukkarinen, Erkka Nissinen and Riiko Sakkinen - created the works for their latest exhibition Serendipity.

The contemporary art, from printed T-shirts to traditional Chinese-style paintings and digital mixed-media and videos, was all inspired by chance.

Lounila's Valour is a set of five, black, jewellery-like boxes. Inside, a small rectangular electronic device with a red screen illuminates scrolling messages such as 'I'm sorry for everything' and 'I miss you terribly and I play our song day and night'.

In Night Skool (above), Helsinki- and Hong Kong-based artist Nissinen examines two immigrants (a semi-obsessed man and a shy panda) looking for love in an imaginary orientation workshop. The man confesses that he thinks the panda is 'really hot', but the panda thinks they're moving too fast.

It's a peculiar five minute-video, with two very different individuals.

Helsinki resident Lukkarinen found inspiration on the internet. In Penis Enlargement, a three-series painting on glass, the artist increased the pixel size of digital photos, then meticulously painted hundreds of 2cm squares, so that their arrangement highlights a new perspective on a not-easily recognisable penis.

Tue-Sun, 2pm-8pm, Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2529 0087