Coco Capitán's Hong Kong Debut

Taikoo Place unveils its headline programme, “ArtisTree Selects: Imagination Investments” by globally celebrated artist Coco Capitán, as part of Swire Properties Arts Month coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong.

Start your journey at ArtisTree, then onwards to the walkway and finish at 67/F One Island East, to explore the three-part installation that reflects on the themes of memory, longing and connection.

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART, TIME AND PLACE

Part 1: “Naïvy” 
Location: ArtisTree, 1/F, Cambridge House

Anchored in Coco Capitán’s enduring fascination with the ocean, the exhibition explores the sea as both a tangible landscape and a metaphorical state of being. Featuring over 50 photographs, paintings and text works, the collection is an ode to the fragility of freedom and to the nostalgia of youth.* 

Guided by the artist’s conceptual narrative, visitors will receive a personal invitation letter to take on the role of a ‘lost memory collector’ and proceed to the next chapter of the exhibition.

​Part 2: “I Read While I Walk”
Location: Interconnected walkways

Unfolds as the unprecedented text installation stretching nearly half a kilometre through Taikoo Place, it composes of Capitán’s 13 characteristic handwritten aphorisms and poems. The custom-made artwork weaves her poetic voice into the neighbourhood’s everyday pedestrian route as a living narrative, gently reframing daily routines and revealing the stories embedded within the rhythms of urban life.

Part 3: “Memory Adoption Bureau”
Location: 67/F, One Island East

Unlocked by the invitation letter from the “Naïvy”, the participatory site-specific installation transforms over 10,000 sq. ft of office space into an interactive exhibition, reimagined as a poetic bureau for lost memories. Drawing from an archive of over 10,000 vernacular photographs, it invites visitors to become custodians of anonymous pasts, turning the act of viewing into a hands-on experience of stewardship, connection and remembrance.

* Some of the photographs on display are subject to age restrictions. Children and adolescents should be accompanied and guided by a parent or guardian.

EXHIBITION GIFT SHOP
Location: ArtisTree, 1/F, Cambridge House

Take home a piece of Coco’s creative world from the exclusive gift shop that offers a curated selection of the artist’s signature work.

PUBLIC GUIDED TOURS
 Download the Taikoo Place App (App Store | Google Play) to join our complimentary docent-led guided tours – A 30-minute inspiring journey through the exhibition where you will discover the hidden stories behind selected artworks. Quota is limited, first-come-first-served.
 
English Session:
Dates: 28 Mar, 4 Apr, 11 Apr, 18 Apr
Time: 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Assembly location: ArtisTree
 
Cantonese Session: 
Dates: 28 Mar, 4 Apr, 11 Apr, 18 Apr
Time: 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Assembly location: ArtisTree

ABOUT COCO CAPITÁN
Coco Capitán was born in Seville, Spain, and is currently based in London, where she completed her MA in Fine Art Photography with honours at the Royal College of Art in 2016. Her art practice straddles the fine art and commercial worlds, and includes photography, painting, and prose. She has produced editorial and commercial collaborations with Gucci, Dior, Converse, Louis Vuitton (Fashion Eye), Belmond, Paco Rabanne, Nike, Cartier, and Maison Margiela. Her work has appeared in magazines including Vogue, British Vogue, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the British Journal of Photography, M Le Monde, and Self Service, among others.
 
Capitán has had solo museum exhibitions at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris—her first institutional exhibition in France—as well as the Parco Museum (Tokyo, Japan) and the Daelim Museum (Seoul, Korea). With nearly 200 works, these exhibitions are built as an immersive journey into Capitán’s universe. The route is punctuated by several series, often mixing photography with text: one composed of landscapes of the American West depicting abandoned infrastructures; another revealing the critical view the artist holds of consumer society, and expressing a clear affiliation with Pop Art.