English words as Chinese characters? 方塊英文字?

[English and Cantonese] City folks in Hong Kong might have come across this ‘English words as Chinese characters’ creation in the public space in the recent year. In this episode, we explored the works of Xu Bing, a Chinese contemporary artist, particularly on his Square Word Calligraphy, which can be seen in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai train station and the façade of the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

〔英粵雙語〕香港的朋友近來可能會見過「方塊英文字」這個創作，今集我們探討一下中國當代藝術家徐冰的作品，尤其他的《英文方塊字書法》系列，可見於港鐵灣仔站及香港藝術館的外牆。