Frog King performing in Gau Doy Lum.

Gau Doy Lum, an 'action conceptual impromptu performance' organized by Frog King.  The 4-day event took place at the McAulay Studio in the Hong Kong Arts Centre on the 8th, 18th -19th, 24th February, 1980, just before Frog King left for New York. The program consisted of live performances and auctions of the artist's works; various experimentations of plastic bags were also undertaken with the participation of the audience.

The concept of ‘Gau Doy Lum’ (膠袋臨/Plastic Bag Happening) derives from 'Hark Bun Lum' (客賓臨/Happening).  Hark Bun Lum is considered a specific notion Frog King applies when he does performance; meaning 'live performance as it happens'. With the phonetic translation in Chinese 客賓臨, the term also implies that the work can only be activated by his guests/visitors, thus making the audience an important catalyst in the process of creation.