Figure Skating

Figure Skating depicts the figure skating blades slicing through the ice to reveal the bleeding petals of Hong Kong’s iconic flower: Bauhinia blakeana. In 2019, the Chinese government unleashed a brutal response against Hong Kong's freedom and democracy movement, making dozens of violent arrests of journalists and activists, some as young as 16. Today the autonomy, freedom of speech, and independence of the judiciary systems have been abolished by the National Security Law. Activists, journalists, and artists are arrested and extradited in unprecedented numbers.