Linda Lai / 12 Manifestos on Videography from 12 Young Video Artists on 18 Concrete Videos 《12個宣言。錄像書寫為何。關連的18個塑形錄像作品。》
These manifestos are to accompany the 18 works in the Concrete Videos program to be screened at Floating Projects, 4:00-6:00pm, 9 January 2016, produced and curated by Linda Lai. +The project described here was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. 9042111 […]
WONG Chun-hoi /《十年》，二十日後感 Ten Years
Wong Chun-hoi pins down his critical parameters for the highly acclaimed “Ten Years” series … 《十年》，二十日後感 ／ 王鎮海
WONG Chun-hoi / Look at that picture! – a synchronized winter, alas, after 3 years 看圖識事：三年後，同步過冬
This is a scene captured on camera some time around 18th July, 2012, in an industrial building in Kwai Chung. A few of us were in the studio of Fiona Lee’s (Left 1) that day. She was preparing her light bulb sound performance <<delight>> for an upcoming exhibition in Korea. We went there to […]
LAI Wai-leung / Wanchai 灣仔
FP writer W.L. Lai walks through Wanchai of the 1970s & 1980s in 2016… Gentrification and more… 灣仔 ／ 黎偉亮
Winnie Yan / 親愛的朋友呀你在想什麼
「其實我不明白甚麼是好的藝術，那些大師的作品嘛，很多地方都看不懂。」她說。大概是因為同學對她的作品都持有頗兩極的意見，她一下子招架不住了，需要一個「結論」。 每當看到意念非常前衛又或是視覺上不甚麼討好的作品，我總會開玩笑般跟朋友說：「但願我一生也看不懂藝術。」。其實無論怎樣努力，我都一定不會懂藝術的。可 是，即使我能擁有超能力，可以一夜間明白藝術也好，我也寧願它是本永遠也翻不完的書。看完一本耐人尋味的書，心裏總會有一點難纏的空洞。
聚疊遊戲－在工場走後門看天空 The ‘assemblage’ game: a piece of ceiling on the floor
「據點。句點」 成立了快半年，玩了三次聚疊遊戲，以現成物作為材料去「堆砌」一個「展覽」。我想在這裡中途總結一下至今的一些浮面的潛在規則。 0。身處展場，或用你的方法去存在於此 1。只能用你在時限內得到的材料，可以是撿拾的，可以是自己帶來的，總之不要浪費金錢 2。接受同場發生的任何事，並善用它，改變它，也必需接受展出期間的任何後期聚疊（即別人後加的改變或再創作）
Linda Lai / Critical Spectacles & Wandering Visions: videographic experiments as micro-narratives 凝神、界外：實驗錄像書寫作為微敘述
“Critical Spectacles & Wandering Visions: videographic experiments as micro-narratives / Linda Lai 凝神、界外：實驗錄像書寫作為微敘述 / 黎肖嫻 [This essay adapts from, and expands on, a curatorial statement I wrote for a 1-hour program on experimental videography for the EXiM 2015 (Experimental Film & Video Festival in Macau), themed “香港實驗影像活動 Hong Kong Experimental Video Festival in Macao.” It is […]
Vanessa Tsai / Dusty Bin Dreams (notes) 垃圾堆中的夢想
***This is Vanessa Tsai’s viewing notes of a documentary: Dusty Bin Dreams (Eriss Khajira, 55m58s, English Subtitles) by EO Documentaires on Vimeo Dusty Bin Dreams was shown in Taiwan at the 2015 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, 4 October 2015. [discussions and details… ] 垃圾堆中的夢想 / 蔡季妙 Vanessa Tsai 夢想，在熱情的音樂、開朗的笑聲中開始，場景始於厄蕊絲‧哈吉拉（Eriss Khajira） 導演充滿愉悅的大臉，故事始於東非的丹多拉垃圾場（Dandora dumpsite）。拍這部片， 哈吉拉從心審視了她生活周遭的一切，那些在她生活裡經歷的人、事、物。 東非丹多拉垃圾場有什麼特別的呢？該是有很多人依靠「垃圾場」過活吧！佔地六十英畝的丹多拉垃圾場，可以有什麼？什麼都有！有漫天飛舞的塑膠袋、色彩繽紛的 衣物、還有很多來此覓食的大鸛鳥，更有「教科書」（一位片中人物）最愛看的書！「就是很大的 […]
LAI Wai-leung / 方興未艾的戰爭：創意／文化成產業 Creativity/culture turned industry, a brewing battle
[source of banner image: http://www.artsportagecounty.org/our-initiatives/creative-economy-inventory-project/] 『創意產業』，一個看似原創的名詞，初聽到時，口中唸著唸著，總有種怪怪的欠缺自然的感覺，感覺何來?我嘗試用普通常識、常人角度對這複合名詞說出常人一般的聯想。 創意：純大腦運作。建基於固有知識，源於生活並帶有改善生活的功能；亦可天馬行空，作前人之未作，純粹為解放固有觀念或思想。兩者皆以 social innovation為目的。 產業：牽涉土地運用、人力資源、融資、成本控制，旨在以最低成本謀取最高回報並尋求不斷的利潤增長。 啊…….. 彷然大悟! 這兩種東西之間原來存在著根本上的矛盾，硬把它們拉一起，甚至產生邏輯上的謬誤。 規劃化後的『創意產業』論述可又另一回事。
Andio Lai / 4D piano + No Bicycle Wheel @ WCH Assemblage #2: the idea of combining things
4D piano + No Bicycle Wheel / a work at WCH Assemblage #2 黃竹坑聚疊（二）/ on until 22 September 2015 @ Floating Projects I reorganized some of my tools for a future performance happening also in Wong Chuk Hang into a 4D piano. A main idea of Floating Projects is an ever-changing space and, for me, it is […]
