Work, Luck, Play brings together sculptures and participation. Silk presented the project at Art Basel Hong Kong, 25–29 March 2026. Work shows hands becoming a cursor; Luck consists of fixed dice; Play puts objects into circulation between participants.
Two sequences of objects
Work’s four hands were realized in silver with Asprey Studio in 2024. Luck uses six dice, each carrying a single number on every face. Rolling one cannot change its outcome. The objects separate the appearance of chance from its operation.
Sources: Asprey Studio × Jack Butcher; Jack Butcher — Work, Luck, Play
The fair’s rules
According to the studio instructions, a roll of ordinary dice determined the six resin dice a participant received. Participants could trade to assemble the numbers one through six, then return for a signed set. Keeping an incomplete combination was also possible.
Luckiest was conceived as an accumulating physical record of rolls. The associated Art of Conversation project with Starbucks extended exchange to numbered coasters. These are distinct components, not interchangeable names for the silver sculpture.
Sources: Work, Luck, Play — Preserved studio catalogue excerpts
Online participation and production
Silk separately documents a digital rolling system on Ethereum and a token-burning route to claiming a silver die. Its account also identifies Hanoia’s lacquer holder, Diana Jou’s documentary and photography by Devin Oktar Yalkin. These credits describe the wider project; individual images still require matching to their makers.
The fair’s exchanges and online rules create different forms of participation. Neither requires a claim that every participant had the same motive or experience.
Sources: Jack Butcher — Work, Luck, Play
Whose account is this?
Silk produced and presented the project and published its surrounding editorial programme. That record supports the exhibition and production history. It is explicitly partner documentation, not independent criticism.
Sources: Jack Butcher — Work, Luck, Play
Development
Images
Selected images from the artist’s project archive. Captions describe the images; they do not assign unverified photography credits.
Sources and further reading
Artist statements describe intention. Reporting and interviews record different perspectives; exhibition announcements establish specific presentations. How sources are classified.
Artist / studio · Preserved primary-source excerpts
Work, Luck, Play — Preserved studio catalogue excerpts
Selected passages from the public catalogue before this editorial revision. These preserve the artist’s account; their inclusion is not independent corroboration. The capture date is not the work’s creation date.
Exhibition record · Exhibitor project record
Jack Butcher — Work, Luck, Play
Documents the Hong Kong presentation, 25–29 March 2026, and production credits. Silk describes its own involvement in production, collecting and the surrounding editorial programme.
Gallery / platform · Production-partner documentation
Asprey Studio × Jack Butcher
Documents the silver Work sculpture and its assay marks. Asprey is the fabricator and a project partner, not an independent critic.