4. Sarah Wong, Site-Seeing I, 1996 and Phoebe Man, Site-Seeing, 1996 by Steven Chung

Sara Wong, Site-seeing, 1996,
and Phoebe Man, Site-seeing, 1996,

Steven Chung (1095454)

•Sara Wong, Site-seeing, 1996
•Temporary site specific mixed media
•Site: Para/Site ( 4 months in Sheung Wan)
•125cm x 125cm x 240cm

•A -Shape , tent , temporary shelter

•Site specific
•the particularities of local space and surrounding neighbourhood
•Wooden panel walls from nearby construction sites
•notice board of the neighborhood
•A scenery commonly found
around the place



•A built-in Television set, fan

•Symbol of old Hong Kong
•A small pool of water symbolize Victoria Harbor
•Evoke memory of Hong particular history
•A built-in Television set without pictures and signals
•Raise question on handover!?


•Phoebe Man, Site-seeing, 1996
•Temporary site specific mixed media
•Site: Para/Site ( 4 months in Sheung Wan)
•construction waste from nearby construction site
•Criticize urban transformation of the Hong Kong.



•fragments of mirror
• Slide
•Project images of old Sheung Wan urban landscape
•Strong Resonance of the past
•Less exploration about the handover

•Question
•Handover was past, Hong Kong people are more likely to celebrate Hong Kong become part of China.
•How should the new generation of Hong Kong Art ( installation art) be described?
•The word 'Playful‘ is promoted by Pheobe Man
•Playground - a Hong Kong/ Installation
/ Video/ Performance Event'
•Do you think it is a good way?
•Reference website
•http://www.para-site.org.hk/
•http://www.cyman.net/kao/playground.htm

Week 10.Nathan Road (by wyman lai)

Nathan Road

flOW:

1)brief introduce about Nathan Road Histroy and background information.

2)Shooting and consolidating features

3)Introduce some particular characteristic on Nathan Road.
- National characteristic
- Chinese and western style
- Advertisement
- Transportation
- History feature

4)conclusion

5)Q & A section

Week 8 Kay talks on 1:99 Short Films

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By Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

Actors: Edison Chan, Shawn Yu, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung etc.

Content:

Hong Kong- A small fishing village in the past and become a International city

Overcome lots of problems
(Falls into enemy’s hands for 3 years and 8 months, Typhoon, Cholera, Financial crisis in 1997 etc.)

Cheep Hong Kong people up to overcome the SARS crisis.

<<1:>>

An event supported by the Hong Kong Government.

More than 10 film directors in Hong Kong directed films to encourage people and to enhance civil education.

10. March 30 Mapping the City Vincent Yu Wai-kin "Our Home.. (3) by Cliff Kwok

flow:

1. the brief background of the project

2. different feelings conveyed by different mode of exhibition

site-specific vs museum

3. size of image

8. "My Flying Family" from 1:99 short films (2003), by Wong Tsz Ki Jackie 1178660

"My Flying Family"

By Mabel Cheung & Alex Law

presented on 26th March, 2009


1:99 Short Films Initiative

Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers launched this non-profitable peogramme unnder the

support of the government in 2003. The action aimed at cheering up Hong Kong people who

were facing the SARS crisis. These films were shown in Singapore, Malaysia, the U. S.,
Taiwan, etc.

Representation of SARS/Themes

1. SARS as storm

~ the boy picks up a flower from a pool of water on the ground

~ gives us a sense that there was rain or even a destructive storm before

~ the flower(looks like Bauhinia) might symbolizes HK attacked by a storm(SARS)

2. Encouragement to HK people

~ depicts ‘success’ as ‘flying

~ medical professionals arrive from a helicopter as flying-men

~ telling people not to be afraid of falling to the bottom because: “All flights start from the

ground!”

3. Appreciation of medical workers

~ thank all those who work in the hospital

~ no matter they are famous senior doctors(those high up the sky) or simply cleaning workers in the hospitals(those down on the ground)

~ a challenge to the conventional hierachical perception

4. Expectation on the new generation

~ the boy use 'flying' to describe his family; proud of the old generation who all lived a difficult life

~ children and young people could learn from the children of the old generation to become tough and strong

Question

SARS is always being said to be a monster-like virus but are there any postive aspects that it

might brought to us?

Week 8 Kay talks on Film X 1:99 short films

Hello!Hong Kong Part 3 by Rachel

presentation of visual cultures of Hong Kong on 24 febuaray.

Title:Hello!Hong Kong Part 3
Artist:Kith Tsang
Year:1996
media:bamboo,galvanized iron sheet,papier mache boat ,glass of bottle,nanyin etc

the concept of his :1.his chilhood living mermoies to show us a old or local Hong Kong.2.inspiration of the Hong Kong harbour