| Year | Title | Creator | Type | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Up in the Mountain, Down in the Desert, Seeking Shade in the Desert | mmmmor | Artist's book |
mmmmor(Somely So Lai Ping and Hsu Wai Lun at mmmmor.com),Dusseldorf-based Hong Kong artists, made four book-related works about the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation after spending a few months at b minor Arizona at the end of 2025. b minor is working with the artists to publish some of those book projects in 2026. Up in the Mountain, Down in the Desert by Lai Ping So Red rocks, pink stones, golden sands. The desert glows in ways I didn’t expect. From large to fragments, each stone carries memory and stories. I traced their colours and shapes through my lens, just as I traced the memory they hold. I gathered these stories from what I heard and read along the way. This was my first time in the U.S., near the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in Fountain Hills, Arizona. I’m grateful for the chance to learn about the histories and people connected to this land. Seeking Shade in the Desert by Wai Lun Hsu This is a leporello photobook compiled from the photos taken during this residency. The scorching sun shines indifferently. We seek shade in the desert, as if searching for protection in a world where survival depends on shelter. Much like young saguaros growing beneath nurse trees, we find refuge from sunburn and frost under an older tree. This act of seeking shade echoes impermanence: the nurse tree quietly shelters the young saguaro, but as the saguaro grows, it draws more water and resources, sometimes leading to the death of the older tree. These photos are the accumulation of the experiences and impressions I gathered over two months in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Some moments appear in images, others don’t. Seeking shade in the desert, seeking shade in history: seeking the forgotten memories and underexposed narratives that haunt this landscape. These shades remind us that the past/history is not absent but obscured. To seek shade is to acknowledge our vulnerability. |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2025 | Reflection Series | Gao Ling | Installation and interactive performance |
Gao Ling, a Bay Area–based Chinese conceptual artist, created the Reflections 2025 series, including Seedless Lemon and a cross-media work combining ink painting with sound. The Reflections art project At its core, this work explores the mirroring relationships between individuals, as well as between humans and their environment. At times, what we perceive in others—or in the external world—is, in fact, a reflection of ourselves. The interactive performance of Reflections Invited participants sit across from each other on opposite sides of the installation. With the intervention of a mirrored surface, they are able to see both their own reflection and the other person through an open window at the center. What emerges is a composite image—a new figure formed through the merging of two perspectives. The artist employs a distinct, subtle sense of humor to guide participants in exploring the interplay between visual perception and psychological presence, the self and the other, the internal and external worlds. This series might be exhibited at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco, with an anticipated opening in the fall. The project is currently in a refinement phase; additional material support would meaningfully contribute to its continued development. |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2025 | Arizona Dream | Vik Lai | Installation and photography |
Vik Lai(vik.drawwithme.org, aseedof.com), Hong Kong born artist and designer. Active between Hong Kong, Canada and Europe. Educated as photographer in Hong Kong, as artist in Norway. Lover of poetry, seeker of truth in representation, exploring reality through drawing, photography and text. Arizona Dream In youth, I bought that stamp- That night, I dreamed: Wandering the desert alone, I saw the scene the stamp had shown. By Vivian’s call, I journeyed To Arizona’s flowering cacti- A dream made real before my eyes. Yet at night, my feet pressed desert earth- The touch beneath more vivid than any bloom, For I had walked through fear And found my dream And so, another year has passed- I have grown. |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2024 | **Incarnation** | Siu Ding and Wain | Photo exhibition |
Siuding is a designer and book artist with over 20 years of experience in publishing. Founder of Hong Kong Life Model Club, she curates Body Fest – Hong Kong’s first nude-themed arts festival. She leads life modelling workshops and advocates for body autonomy through her book Our Models. She works internationally, leading community-focused projects that explore participation and collaboration. During her residency in Arizona, Siu Ding and Wain realized three projects: Incarnation, a pop-up photo exhibition of 11 large works on voile at Kowloon Tattoo and Sam Kee Photo Gallery; a life drawing workshop and sharing session with local artists and models; and a collaborative body-painting project with a local artist in his studio. |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2024 | Mobility, Capitalism, and Transnational Artistic Identity | Lit Wing Hung | Research and Installation |
Lit Wing Hung is a multidisciplinary artist based in London and Hong Kong, working and exhibiting internationally. Alongside her artistic practice, she engages as an art director, scenographer, and Cheongsam maker, roles that sharpen her sensitivity to material, craft, and spatial composition. The b minor residency in Arizona and her visit to San Francisco marked a critical turning point, expanding her understanding of mobility, capitalism, and the global dispersion of Hong Kong artists through research. In terms of material practice, Lit shifted from industrial to portable sewing machines, prompting reflection on the “basic” conditions of art-making outside the studio. This experience also raised questions about how to contextualize artistic expression, as frequent introductions during the residency revealed an evolving uncertainty about how to define her work and its message. |
Phoenix, Arizona |