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Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Transformation

Solar torch, superweapon… 

Quirky combo that transforms boring things into boundless possibilities. 

In the eyes of Heidegger, the sun you see signifies a life cycle. In the eyes of Neo in “The Matrix”, the internet is perhaps just a bunch of numbers. 

Why would we attempt to visualise the unseeable, and vocalise the inaudible with media arts? It’s all about transformation? Does transformation refer to the media itself or its context? How artists be able to see the unseen? 

In this workshop, artist Keith Lam will reveal the transformative and cross-boundary nature of media arts, and how the mediums interchange between works, as participants learn to dissect what they see with a discerning eye like Neo. 

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About Keith Lam

Keith Lam, Media Artist, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Art & Technology studio Dimension Plus, founder of composite space openground. 

His works have won awards at international art festivals, including Prix Ars Electronica - world leading New Media Arts Award, and Japan Media Arts Festival, etc. His works have been shown around the world at museums and art festivals including but not limited to; The National Art Centre at Tokyo, OK Center for Contemporary Art, The New Technological Art Award Biennial at Belgium, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Museum of Arts and Mythologies: Surrealism and Beyond — Masterpieces from Centre Pompidou, etc.

He is also committed to new media art and design education, he teaches and consults at various universities & institutions in Hong Kong, and curating for museums and organizations.

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Forever

If videotapes are not stored properly, they will break easily or become moldy under Hong Kong's warm and humid environment.

In this workshop, participants will learn about the inner structure of videotape, and get a hands-on experience in film splicing, so as to understand how to repair videotape.

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About Michael

Graduated from RMIT, Michael joined VCRBase as a specialist in videotape collection and restoration. He is responsible for repairing, and the digitization of various old VCRs and other media. He also takes care of the maintenance of equipment to ensure that the archival work of VCRBase can run smoothly.

Established in 2007, VCRBase was a YouTube channel before expanding to Facebook. The team consists of 7 members currently. VCRBase is committed to collecting and digitizing local videotapes, in order to preserve and pass on the precious footages of Hong Kong movies, TV shows and advertisements etc. in the past.

Artist Talk | The Revival of Hong Kong Film Industry from 2016

In recent years, a number of Hong Kong films have been box office hits, including "Warriors of Future", "Table For Six", and "A Guilty Conscience", even lower budget films like "Mama's Affair" and "The Sparring Partner" are gaining success. Differ from what we have seen in the past two decades, these blockbusters are not Hong Kong-China co-productions that previously dominated the local market. What contributed to their success? And how does this comeback of Hong Kong film come about? In this talk, speaker Enoch will share his insights into the revival of Hong Kong film industry from 2016.

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About Enoch Tam

Dr Tam is a film critics and researcher, who founded the independent academic publishing house Typesetter Publishing, the online film review platform "Cinezen", and the online book review platform "Paratext". He is currently the Research Assistant Professor of Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries at Lingnan University. His research engages with film historiography in the Chinese-language film, Hong Kong film, independent film and media industry.

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is a Journey Within

The stage is set for a journey through space and time, led by sound.

A manifestation of self-discovery, exploration and questioning of daily life, getting rid of prejuidices, numbness and mundanes of lives......

With your own intention, let's embark on this journey together.

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About Chan Ting

Chan Ting works in the fields of image-making, installation, sound and performance art (stage name: ct1993). She is also the co-founder of an independent artist-run space - Negative Space. Chan’s research explores luminous mind and contemporary imaging. With a focus on visual dialogue connecting the sound-image and the mental image, her practice often emerges as a stream of consciousness.

Artist Talk | The Vast World of Ceramics - From Practical, Ornamental to its Artistic Nature

Most of us know the practicality of ceramics, as it is often found in tableware. Many also appreciate ceramics, as an ornament that polishes our homes and jazz up our lives. Comparatively, the artistic nature of ceramics is less addressed. Yet, a group of art practitioners is exploring the contemporaneity and possibilities of ceramics. Like other art mediums, ceramics can create inspiring, thought-provoking works, which embody artists' explorations on various topics, from the material itself to social and personal experiences.

In this talk, ceramicist and art educator Rachel Cheung will show you the many facets of ceramics, and share how the development of ceramics inspires her creations.

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About Rachel Cheung

A ceramic artist and art educator, Rachel Cheung is currently the programme coordinator and lecturer of the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) programme, co-presented by Hong Kong Art School and RMIT University, Melbourne. She is also the founder of Unit Gallery. She initiated and curated "On Earth Lai Chi Wo Art Project" and "On Earth Ceramics Festival" in 2019. She published the research "New Horizons of Local Ceramic Art in Hong Kong" in 2018.

Rachel possesses expertise in ceramics and glass art. She was the winner of the Prize of Excellence at the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2001. She was also invited to take part in the Fukutake House Project of the Setouchi Triennale in Japan in 2016. Her works have been widely collected by museums, including Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum.

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Swimming in Blue and White Series

Contemporary ink artist Angel Hui will teach you how to paint exquisite blue-and-white patterns of porcelain, staging quirky collisions between traditional and modern elements.

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About Angel Hui

Hui Hoi-kiu, Angel is a Hong Kong artist known for her ink work on tissue paper in recent years. She received her BA in Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014 and MA in Experimental Art with Distinction at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 2017. Fascinated by daily objects, Hui often discovers new meanings in them by twisting traditional art form and appropriating common materials to become part of her artwork. A promising and emerging artist, her works have been exhibited in museums and galleries locally and internationally.

Artist Talk | ARTitecture - The Multi-layered Relationship between Art & Architecture  

Art or structure, form or function comes first in architecture? Walk inside a large-scale sculpture, do we call it a work of art or architecture? Architect or artist coming from different positions may have different interpretation towards these issues. The relationship between architecture and art has always been complex. Since ancient Rome, architecture embraces systematic aesthetics, which has been deconstructed in the postmodern era. Is there still a need for aesthetics in modern architecture? And how do we define art and architecture now?  

This dialogue between architecture professor and architect/artist will delve into the multi-layered relationship between architecture and art from ancient to modern and East to West. 

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About Speaker 

Prof. Chang Ping Hung, Wallace 

Fellow of HKIA; Registered Architect in Hong Kong and China; Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, HKU; Chairman of 1a space; Director of the Urban Place Research Unit; Visiting Scholar in Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University; Advisory Committee Member on Revitalization of Historic Buildings. He is both an architectural practitioner and theorist on urban design, cultural conservation and community participation. His award-winning designs range from urban washroom to university academic building. Also, he is a social activist to promote a civil consciousness on urban environment, community conservation and sustainable planning, including his recent advocacy on the redevelopment planning and architecture of Shek Tsai Leng [Dills Corner Garden] Elderly Caring District. He has been conducting research with exhibition in Habitat City and Bamboo Theatre. His latest research, Kai Tak River Green Corridor Community Education Project [HKADC 2013 Award of Arts Education, International Award for Public Art 2015], focuses on cultural identity and urban sustainability issues during the urban transformation process in Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities. To recognize his contribution to the promotion of cultural conservation, he was awarded Certificate of Commendation by the Secretary for Home Affairs in 2015. 

Haynie Sze Wing Yee 

Haynie Sze is an architect/art practitioner who graduated with a Master of Architecture (2005) and a Master of Art in Fine Arts (2021) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has been active in art making, exhibition venue design and curating, besides her career as a practising architect. She has also founded the 3fifteen Art Space and the ARTUP Art Consultancy. Her award-winning artworks have been exhibited in local and international art exhibitions. Public artworks include Whistling Aloft and the Letters installed at the Hong Kong Science Museum Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui and the Central Post Office, Hong Kong. Venue design for the Hong Kong Jockey Club Heritage X Art X Design Walk Event Tai Po exhibition was awarded the Best Temporary Architecture Design (2015) of the CHIVAS 18 Architecture & Design Award. Her curatorial role includes being a curatorial team member of the Venice Biennale of Architecture – “Delta Four (1984-2044)” (2014), and has participated as an exhibitor team member in the SZ/ HK Bi-city Biennale of Architecture – “City Mobilization” (2009) & “Beyond the Urban Edge: The Ideal City?”(2013), and Venice Biennale of Architecture – “Quotidian Architectures” (2010) & “Vertical Fabric – Density in Landscape” (2018). 

She currently focuses on art teaching, curating and architectural research on spatial psychology and perception.

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Connection

Both to yourself and to people 

It takes a conversation to generate a link 

A good theatrical creation is also based on this.  

The workshop will start with words, physical exercises and theatre games to induce dialogue and build your own mini-theatre together. 

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About Chester Wong Po Shing 

Graduated from the School of Drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) degree, majoring in Acting. He worked as a full-time actor in the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and Atelier Theatre Hong Kong. He is currently a full-time all-round drama certificate course acting and physical instructor and freelance theater worker at the Lang Theatre. 

Chester's major productions include: Hong Kong Arts Center Cultural Masseur "Day-Daycare and Night-Nightcare Office" (director/performer), New Vision Arts Festival (NVAF) "Report ii: the illegeal-i" (edited text creation/performer); Hong Kong Repertory Theatre "The Exceptional Duet: The Void" (co-director/performer), JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power in the Art World - Art Walk x Nan Fung Spinners: "Among Us" series - "Living Up to Her", Art Walk x Heritage Tour: "Wild is the Grass" series — "Report one"; Zuni・ Icosahedron "Six Vibrations"; The Crowd of Hong Kong Arts Festival X Shanghai Dramatic Art Center (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hamburg) (original music/live performance); Radix Troupe "Left at the moment" (director), " Wonderwall" (director), "DEST." (director), "Time X v" (director). 

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Broken Glass on the Floor

Art is a fragment of the world, framed in a certain form in a boundless time and space, into fragments of different sizes and shapes, and preserved, with its own ephemerality and fragmentation to fight the so-called eternity and integrity pursued by the world. As an exquisite art form, poetry is like a small piece of glass falling from the inner wall of the universe, and steadily falling into the palm of the artist.  

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AboutMorrie Yim

He graduated from the Chinese Department of Lingnan University, and a master's degree in Chinese Language and Literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has won occasional poetry awards and is the author of the poetry collection "Between Broken and Clapped" (Musicalstone), and other works have appeared in Hong Kong and Taiwan publications. He is currently a middle school teacher, a tutor in a literary creation class, and a columnist for Ming Pao's "Words in Things".

Art Literacy and Appreciation Workshop｜Art is Metalworking

This workshop will allow participants to get hands-on experience in the basic techniques of metalworking, such as cutting and shaping, and bring home a unique piece of accessories.

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About Cecilia Ng

Graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University, Cecilia Ng subsequently undertook a three-year full-time apprenticeship in the local metal industry. Her main research areas cover stones setting techniques and materialistic values in contemporary jewellery.