“Archiving Fingers, Hands, Faces & Anonymities” – FPC’s 1st exhibition coming soon

FPC’s grand opening exhibition on May 22, 2010 (Saturday – 6:00pm) will showcase the latest works-in-progress of its core members Linda Lai, Lilian Fu, Jolene Mok and Cheung Yu-tsz. 

拾荒。偵探。遊戲。定位。

FPC’s 1st exhibition_May22, 2010 (pdf)

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Transmediascape…advancing experimental convergence, notes on an IWFFIS (2010) program #1

“超媒景”∶單窗影像的匯流堆疊撞擊法(第十二屆首爾國際女性電影節手記之一)

– Linda C.H. LAI

Transmediascape,” with 8 film/video works of varied length and diverse methods, is one of the many great programs in the 12th International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul (April 8-15). Hana Makhmalbaf’s Green Days (73 min., HD, 2009, Iran), the first work I have watched in this program, has a compelling force which makes me want to spend more thoughts on what “Transmediascape” may mean. How does …

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A lecture on visual auto-ethnography by Dr. Linda Lai

 

 

Linda Lai's autoethnography

 

Auto-ethnography [field study about oneself] is by definition an experimental form of ethnography. According to Catherine Russell, many key examples of experimental cinema and autobiographical films could be understood as auto-ethnography. Linda Lai will discuss this view, trace such a history, and shed light on the notion of auto-ethnography in the practice of contemporary art. Various examples by famous artists and Lai’s own video work will be used for illustration.

 

 

 

Title of talk: “Autoethnography: experimental ethnography / a hybrid creative practice”

1:00 – 3:00pm / Saturday, March 6, 2010
1st floor, no. 99 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai
Studio’s open house session will begin at 12:30pm. Come early to have a cup of tea (or coffee).

Outline of talk:
│The basic problematic: the meeting of ethnographic research and contemporary …

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