Critique session with “Current” artist

Critique session with “Current” artist Wendy TAI / Aug 15(sun) 3pm at FPC before the close of the exhibition

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146140238736958

Exhibtion details please read:
http://floatingprojectscollective.net/2010/07/currents/

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August 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: EXHIBITIONS, FORUM, NEWS | Leave a comment | (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Loading ...

“Flowpoints”: Generative Image Creation Method Using Optical Flow / Open Forum #3

- Hector Rodriguez


Friday, July 9, 2010 (7:00-9:00 pm)
 FPC – Open studio – Forum
 The talk will last for an hour followed by discussion. / FORUM begins at 7:00pm with a simple pizza party.

There is a tradition of contemporary art that aims to break away from preconceived goals. The aesthetic form and order of the work no longer precede the means or techniques employed. Instead of starting out with a predefined idea of the final outcome, artistic work unfolds as the experimental exploration of a set of technical operations.

The artist starts out by choosing one or more computational procedures (algorithms) without …

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July 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: FORUM, NEWS | Leave a comment | (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Loading ...

“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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May 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: EXHIBITIONS, NEWS | Leave a comment | (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Loading ...

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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March 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: FEATURES, FORUM, NEWS | 6 comments | (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Loading ...