In Traces: On the Road Again, anothermountainman (Stanley Wong) explores the persistence of the past in the face of tumultuous change. Images of the desert landscape around Dunhuang in Gansu Province, China, photographed in 2010, are juxtaposed with images of Chinese words taken around the world over a period of fifteen years. The exhibition suggests that history can never be erased, while attempts to impose an order on the present will always be disrupted by what has come before. Dunhuang was once a thriving commercial and spiritual centre on the ancient Silk Road leading from the north China plains to Mongolia, Southern Siberia, Tibet, India and further Westwards to Europe. Although it may feel remote today, these images remind us that the desert is alive with memory and meaning: tracks, roads, telegraph wires, satellite dishes and fading signage are the traces of an enduring human connectivity.

About Future Industries (FI)
FI is an innovative art organization founded in Hong Kong in 2011 by Simon Birch, Peter Caplowe, Robert Peckham and Christopher Smith to represent emerging and established artists. The company was born of a conviction that commercial galleries need to be more than businesses representing and dealing in art. Based in Sheung Wan, FI works with private and public institutions, both local and international, start-up and listed, in developing art projects that challenge the parameters of the ‘white cube’ project room, often reclaiming commercial and public space as a venue for provocative exhibitions.