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Winnie Yan / 談畢業展、實驗、語言和影像 – <大頭落山：畢業作品放映會> 放映札記 Graduation show, being experimental, language and images: “be the rolling stones”
"Be the rolling stones," an alter graduation art show, ignited discussions on experimental actions and moving images as the makers' unique connection with the lifeworld. Winnie Yan interviewed some of the participating artists...
Kel Lok / Growing up… through the toys I made: “That Model” 如何長大：留給「未來的自己」的《那盒模型》
Through the looking glass, FP member Kel Lok traces an everlasting sentiment nourished from his childhood, a deep view on the fantastic planet Eureka 7 and the episode "Psalms of the Planets."
Andio Lai / 4WD fragments 四驅的鎖碎記憶 [“Toy as Medium” count-down]
FP member Andio Lai, Co-curator of "Toy as Medium" (opening 20 Nov 2016), recalls the meandering trail of his childhood events, code-named "Cyclone Magnum."
Andio Lai / Military Miniature, My Toy, My Medium: A Maker’s Journal 軍事模型，我的媒體 ，我的玩具：玩家日誌 [“Toy as Medium” count-down]
FP member Wai traces the making of his 15 pieces at "Toy as Medium," revealing the mind of a devoted miniature maker whose obsession has a rational dimension. He finally came back to his "craft" after 35 years of no model-making.
Kel Lok / 那些玩具 Those Toys [“Toy as Medium” count-down]
FP member Kel Lok tells the tales of "those swords," "those soldiers," "that house" and "that model," which embody moments of his life, his temperaments and his persistence that are best presented as toys in TOY AS MEDIUM, opening 20 November 2016 at Floating Projects.
WONG Fuk-kuen / 我跟彈珠人有一種緣份。We’ve got a connection… [“Toy as Medium” count-down…]
FP member Wong Fuk-kuen's long-lasting fascination with B-Daman finds way to his art practices today. What's going to be "B-Daman art"?
Jess Lau / 玩具展 – 下雨天的城堡 A Castle for the Rainy Days: toy show “Toy as Medium”
FP member Kelvin Lam's "castle on rainy days" and Jess Lau's "pirates' boat," "extreme environments" and "ET arriving" mark many HK children's fantasy play with space or the lack of it. To reproduce these childhood experiences in FP WIP opening 20 Nov 2016, what are they going to show us?
CHEUK Wing-nam / Gundamzeta [玩具之間 “Toy as Medium” count-down]
FP member Wing tells us her personal gendered history with toys. Meet Gundamzeta in FP's upcoming show "toy as medium."
LAI Wai-leung / Long Time no see: TAMIYA-Tiger 1 再度重遇「你」: 田宮「虎一」戰車 [玩具之間 “Toy as Medium” count-down]
FP Manager Wai crafted Tiger I in 2016 from a Tamiya model kit he aspired to have but couldn't as a kid. Time changes many things. What does his lasting zeal tell us about the forgettable yet unforgotten of growing up in Hong Kong?
Andio Lai / Toy as Medium: artistic passion, self expression and the circuits of cultural artifacts 玩具之間：（再）創造熱情、表述、聚疊…以外
A casual chat in a summer afternoon among 3 FP members ignited childhood passion and intellectual curiosity, leading to a toy show in November. "Wai and Kel's model making involves intense concentration and techniques that parallel ... art making," Andio Lai discovers.