New | Artists project messages of support from around the world to Occupy Central protesters

A group of Hong Kong artists have been transmitting messages of support from around the world for pro-democracy protesters in the city.

Sampson Wong, a local artist involved in the project, told the Post that when they projected messages onto a wall alongside Gloucester Road in Wan Chai, where many demonstrators passed on the way to protest zones in Admiralty and Causeway Bay, “lots of people were stopping to look, some stood there for half an hour to read the messages.”

Wong and his six collaborators have been testing out the project for the past two nights, with the big launch always intended for October 1st.

“Tonight we know more about how to choose an appropriate location, with lots of people moving past,” he said. The group has also coordinated with Occupy Central organisers to help choose the perfect spot, and will be broadcasting messages outside government headquarters in Admiralty.

“As of last night we had received around 5,000 messages,” Wong said, adding that the total was likely much higher now, but he had been in the field all day and was unable to check.