As generative AI becomes an everyday tool, we increasingly rely on it to create images, text, and even interpret culture and identity. However, when we ask AI to "draw a Yau Ma Tei street" or "write a poem about daily life in Hong Kong," we often find that the content it generates is unfamiliar and empty, even blurring the spirit of the place. This is because the data it draws from lacks our real memories and cultural context. In other words, it simply compresses various online stereotypes about Hong Kong.

At the same time, we're surrounded by various versions of "Hong Kong imagery": the local labels of hipster shops, the Hong Kong-style slogans of fast food restaurants, the nostalgic Hong Kong style filtered through the lens of Little Red Book... Red, white, and blue plastic bags, sailboats in Victoria Harbour, neon signs, Lion Rock... Do these commonplace "visual symbols of Hong Kong" truly represent your daily experience of living in Hong Kong?

Kongcept and Mixed Initiative kick off their journey in Yau Ma Tei, taking participants on a walk through street corners both old and new, sharing stories and chatting with shop owners. Along the way, record the moment with Reels videos, building a personal database of "Yau Ma Tei imagery."