In the panel, I spoke about the disturbance and fear I experienced over the past year(s), and how I have overcome these challenges through my art-making practices.
Category: research
研究項目 research by wen yau
Pandemic Panel: Hong Kong and Persistent Resistance
Wir sind das Volk!: The Unspoken Spell Cast on the Peaceful Revolutionaries
Civil Society and Art – Visual Art in Public Space
Civil society and art are often in a dynamic interrelationship: social themes that are perceived as relevant and meaningful find their expression in the arts. And art offers a medium for social debates. Hong Kong, with its vibrant cultural and creative scene and a very active civil society, is an impressive testimony to this.
The Goethe-Institut is opening a new series of discussion on the topic of civil society and art, in which various areas will be focused on in loose succession. The fourth discussion will focus on Visual Art in Public Space. Artists Wen Yau, Kacey Wong and Him Lo will share their thoughts on the topic in relation to the society that they live in. The discussion will be moderated by Vivienne Chow.
Speakers: Wen Yau, Kacey Wong, Him Lo
Moderatorin: Vivienne Chow
Venue: Goethe-Institut Hongkong
Date: 21/11/2019, 7pm
Circuits of Performance
The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS11)
In the ICAS11, I convened a panel Our Commoning Practices in Turmoil: A Comparative Account of Hong Kong and Taiwan and presented a paper titled “Acts of Commoning: From Public Space to Public Sphere.”
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As the curtain fell… (homage to all peaceful revolutionaries)
– a performance-lecture, 9/07/2019, grunt gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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PSi#25: Elasticity
In the Performance Studies International (PSi#24) conference, I presented a paper titled Art & Civil Society:
Performing Resilience in the face of Populism and Authoritarian regime.