Category / Art Notes 藝文談暢
Art reviews and art criticism. Review on reviews. Critique on the practice of criticism. Back story to a performance. Free associations with a novel. Observations on the current milieu of art and social life. …
Let’s see if I can put it in words: between FP 1.0 and FP 2.0 總有一點想法：「據點。句點」1.0 與 2.0 之間
Here we have recorded thoughts that could only be preserved and shared in words, from FPC members, including those just arriving and departing, between FP 1.0 and FP 2.0. 「據點。句點」1.0 與 2.0 之間，新成員、舊成員、離開了的成員，都用上了時間去勾畫這片據點。
思緒撩亂的季節：沿著這路來到「彼岸之地」Whither my thoughts flow, to “Distance of Space” …
／文美桃 manmeito | artist Man Mei-to traces the many strands of everyday living conjoining in her recent show at FP (Apr-May 2018), "Distance of Space."
展覽 《彼岸之地》（2018.04.14-05.06），記錄著文美桃由讀書時期到畢業後三年這段時期的創作方向。展覽中沒有張狂的議題，沒有政治的走向，更沒有話語權的指向。一切都沒有指向的答案呈現給了觀眾。
From Melodrama to Near Drama 從粵語通俗劇到微情緒的潮漲潮落
黎肖嫻談粵語電影通俗劇的操作，以至吳子昆於「文字機器創作集」第6輯「象裡有象：通電作影」之《全情定位漂浮系統》（2018年9月1日開幕）的媒體分解遊戲 | notes by Linda Lai on melodrama's nature and Kwan's treatment in [G]Local Empathy System (opening 1 September 2018, curated by Lai), the first of a 3-exhibition series, "Cinema Expanding: Visualizing the Unseen," the Writing Machine Collective 6th edition.
Document as medium, archive as structural framework 檔案作為一個媒介 | 檔案庫作為一個架構: 李繼忠韓國藝術駐場研究之旅
A visit to Gwangju Biennale alerted FPC member Lee Kai-chung to the possibilities of doing an artist's residency in Seoul to study archiving practices for art, which he did and shared upon his return to HK in "Can't Live Without." 「這次駐場計劃是基於第一次在光州雙年展後到訪過MMCA作資料搜集的經驗出發的。那時其實並不知道有駐場計劃可以申請，只是純屬對一個藝術館的好奇...」
Distance of Space, Materialized bodily presence: visitors’ notes 訪者絮語:文美桃彼岸之地
Several visitors -- Evelyn Char, Yang Yeung and Eddie Cheung -- have preserved precious impressions for Man Mei-to's recent 3-week solo show "the Distance of Space" at Floating Projects.
黑色的音符，黑色的顏料，透明的邊界：《港樂太古樂賞－波蘭動畫70年》札記
A note on Live Animation Performance + Concert "Swire Classic Insights -70 Years of Polish Animation" from Winnie Yan.
白色的時間－往 臺中國際動畫影展 札記
FP writer/editor Winnie Yan reflects on her visit to the Taichung International Animation Festival (13-17 Oct 2017) and finds "concepts and theories" less learned in class. Traversing through works across generations and continents, she asks, "What is it that makes us willing to condense our life into a short string of images?" 忻慧妍問：是什麼令我們願意把自己的生命濃縮成一小段影像呢?
3 Models 三個模型，三個時空。
Stock-taking at Floating Projects. Model-mania. Please insert. 據點打開門，點子上倉。模型經。偉師傅起頭，歡迎插入。
First exposure to 16mm shooting
On 22 July 2017, seven FPC members and friends participated in Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie’s 16mm workshop with two Bolex cameras. Using “reverse printing” method, we were able to “develop” two rolls…
Orientations: Boundaries Surveyed. A video art show I curated for EXiS 2017
Linda Lai elaborates on a video art program she recently presented at the EXiS 2017 (Seoul) to map a trajectory of practices in contemporary video art in the Asia Pacific.