I joined the panel with Cole Roskam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, and presented a paper on art in the post-Occupy spaces in Hong Kong.
Author: wy
〈女身自主時代〉 ‘Female body empowerment’
文:梁嘉麗
行為藝術:以身體衝破禁忌
紋身和繩綁,是女性宣示身體主權的媒介,亦是來自外界、透過第三者加諸於自己身體的。然而,要掌握甚至運用身體作為反抗社會對女身單一、狹隘的想像,行為藝術就是最直白的表現。跨媒界藝術家魂游身材纖細,紥起馬尾就如小女孩,但在藝術界別中,她絕對不是唯唯諾諾的女孩,經常以自己的身體,表現出驚人的力量,令人反思女性身體在藝術乃至社會的角色和定位。在行為藝術家 Marina Abramovic 的電影放映前,魂游在講台上分享着自己的經驗,照片中的她,一絲不掛,在一張桌子上,移動着身體,以手臂和大腿的力量,從桌上攀到桌下然後回到桌上,身體綻放着光芒,呈現出女身的綫條和輪廓之美。作品《在桌上:向霜田誠二致敬》,是向霜田誠二的《在桌上》致敬,但重複的,卻只是那張桌子的設置,不論是概念抑或展現出來的美感,都跟「原著」大相逕庭。
Film Screening: Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Invited by Asia Society Hong Kong Center, I gave a talk in the film screening of Marina Abramović‘s The Artist is Present.
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Artist-in-Residence at Asiatopia Foundation
From 24 July to 8 August 2017, I took up residency at the Asiatopia Foundation in Nan province, Thailand.
The 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS10)
In the ICAS10, I presented a paper titled ‘From Improvisation to Transformation: Collective Connectivity in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement.’
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廿年空白前後話
歷史記載,我國曾發生幾場大瘟疫。十九世紀末曾斷續發生鼠疫;二十世紀三十年代也有一種名為肺癆的傳染病肆虐;廿一世紀初據說曾出現過一種名為SARS的傳染性惡疾。以上瘟疫每次都死傷數以千計,但最大規模也最影響我國歷史的,倒是一場暫無法深入考查的瘟疫。
廿年回歸前後話 Talkover/Handover 2.0
This is a project I co-curated on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Handover in Hong Kong.
‘Brushes with Authority’
by Enid Tsui
Wen Yau, a performance artist who joined an Occupy Central protest wearing a blindfold designed like the Chinese flag, is determined to foster more rational, calm discussion within the arts community for this year’s handover anniversary.
“There are so many divisions and not enough talking. It’s true even within the arts community,” she says.
PSi#23: Performance to the City: Hong Kong at the Overflow
In the Performance Studies International (PSi#23) annual conference, I convened the panel Performance to the City: Hong Kong at the Overflow and presented a paper ‘In the Name of Resistance: Over-performance and/or Slactivism?’
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A Venture into the crossings of the arts and civil society
– public lecture by Clara Cheung and wen yau
31 March 2017, 7pm
Connecting Space Hong Kong
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