Creative forces: Hong Kong's emerging talent

A century ago, a 26-year-old Marcel Duchamp challenged the traditional concept of art by turning "found objects" - ordinary items that don't normally attract anyone's attention - into art. His so-called "readymades" included a bicycle wheel, a snow shovel and, most notoriously, a urinal titled .

Today, Lam Hoi-sin, also at the age of 26, is keeping the readymade tradition alive by giving "found images" artistic values through re-blogging and sharing them online.

While Duchamp presented fewer than 20 readymades in his lifetime, Lam has already circulated hundreds and thousands of existing images as readymades on more than 50 blogs.

"I try not to define whether I'm creating," she says. "Very often it's mere sharing. Though I share as if I'm curating."

Lam regards each blog as a curated exhibition that serves as "context" to organise her way of thinking.

"The internet is not just a platform for me to let people know what I've done," the Polytechnic University design graduate says of her creative use of e-platforms, such as Tumblr, Facebook and Etsy.

In a "curated" blog titled , Lam explains that she "sells" her readymades and collages to poke fun at how much a concept is worth.