The big picture

Few works could be more emblematic of the use of time as a medium than Gravity - the bust of King Tut holding, in an internal chamber, memorabilia from Erizku's studio, including incense, history books, plants, and a creatively edited photograph of a young man, taken by the artist in 2012.

"I love the image of this young man sitting inside the image of another young man," declares Glass-Kandor. "Neither of them belongs to this moment in time but both can have this conversation through time. It's direct; it doesn't need a thesis."

The story of the monumental installation is nearly as fascinating as the life of the enigmatic figure it immortalizes. Erizku conceived the piece back in 2018, when he came to Hong Kong with his show Slow Burn. The idea caught Glass-Kantor's attention. She'd decided to include it in the 2020 edition of Encounters. Then the installation had to wait three more years to greet its wider audience in Hong Kong. When the time came, Erizku and Glass-Kantor tried installing the sculpture in various spaces in the city before settling on Pacific Place.