HK Urbex (Hong Kong Urban Exploration) is an anonymous, grassroots collective that seeks to unearth and document hidden sites in and around Hong Kong. Beyond the shimmering skyscrapers and glitzy malls, the intrepid explorers reveal another side of Hong Kong and the Asian cities they visit, bringing undisclosed non-spaces to light. They are a motley crew of photographers, filmmakers, journalists, writers and adrenalin junkies.

“Where many people see only squalor and grime, HK Urbex sees a trove of stories.” – Elaine Yau, South China Morning Post

“HK Urbex force us to come face to face with this debris of modernization and these ruins that are constantly accumulating, even as we keep building.” – Lee Kah Wee, assistant professor of architecture, National University of Singapore

“The explorers belong to HK Urbex, a so-called urban exploration collective whose expeditions often require trespassing or walks through dark, abandoned or dangerous sites. But unlike some urban explorers, they do not court danger purely for its own sake. Their primary goal is to peel back layers of history — sometimes literally, by digging through dust and trash — and forge a video archive of Hong Kong’s colonial-era environment.” – Mike Ives, The New York Times

“To some, a deserted public housing block or a derelict hospital is nothing but a waste of space. But to the explorers behind anonymous collective HK Urbex, these forgotten buildings reveal another side of Hong Kong.” – Kate Springer, BBC correspondent