Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong offers Europe a creative solution to its refugee crisis
Inspired by Occupy, Kacey Wong has created huts out of recycled wood that he will use to deliver a powerful message at a major Paris festival

A Hong Kong artist brings artworks inspired by Occupy Central to Paris to address the European refugee crisis at a major cultural event opening this weekend.
Kacey Wong will be presenting Shelters of Resistance as part of White Night, the annual festival in the French capital featuring all-night events held at museums, galleries, institutions and public spaces.
Wong will show three huts of different sizes and styles made of recycled and burnt wood in the courtyard of Paris City Hall. Visitors can go inside the huts to contemplate questions about private space and sharing spaces, he said.
He is one of the few Hong Kong artists to have shown in the Parisian event after film director Johnnie To Kei-fung staged an exhibition there in 2008.
The artist said the idea was inspired by last year's Occupy protests, during which he spent almost every night in Admiralty throughout the 79 days conducting performances and workshops. As well as working with protesters, Wong engaged in heated debates with those who opposed the student-led pro-democracy movement.
"The whole experience was traumatic and yet beautiful," said Wong, who recently left his teaching job at Polytechnic University after 20 years.
"It showed the good side of humanity when everyone there trusted in each other and helped each other out. The movement made Hong Kong a city with a character."