ART interview and portraits by JOHNNY LE photography by PING HOH AU hong kong island is a nerve center of global geopolitical struggle, and the artists living there are often seen as a threat by the authorities. an alternative art scene finds new ways to operate, like tiffany’s speculative place, a semi-clandestine art space on lamma island. JOHNNY LE — How does it feel to be arriving in New York City from Hong Kong, from one island city to another? TIFFANY SIA — The topic of the so-called deaths of New York and Hong Kong has become a controversial debate in both cities, yet they involve radically different situations. The elites have fled New York City in the wake of Covid-19, and the death spiral of the economy can be felt in the vacant retail spaces across the city. But in Hong Kong, people have fled — and are continuing…