Visual Arts

These three words describe our mentality of constantly adapting to the pandemic in the process. For the workshops, apart from experimenting with different modes of online and physical interaction, the artists have also designed some experiments that participants can experience and learn together in response to the surrounding environments. The 8 artists/groups include Sushan Chan x Cho Wing Ki｜The Second Generation of Workers – Mini Family History (medium: zine making); and Morgan Wong｜One Day (medium: lecture performance), two workshops guiding participants to start from themselves to recompose history and revisit themselves or their families. If creation were a mirror reflecting the self and the era, how could we express ourselves under the many restrictions of the pandemic? Law Man Lok｜Lo-fi Advertisement Workshop precisely reflects on the lo-fi spirit, turning limited resources into a characteristic of creation, which coincides with Gum (Cheng Yee Man) @C&G Artpartment｜Dying to Create (medium: painting tool making and outdoor sketching) that emphasises the notion of keep expressing, no matter the circumstances. From restoring the body to cultivating the spirit, Leung Tin Chak｜Body Cultivation guides participants to re-train the body and mind that have been isolated and not been listened to for a long time. Elaine W. Ho｜airTIME invites single mothers to have conversations on online radio. From sharing time to individuals being listened to, discovery and empowerment occur simultaneously. Re-examining the city’s accumulated scars by wandering, Ocean Leung｜Tracing Scars proposes alternative narrative methods, as Law Man Lok encourages, to learn to be a citizen and take the initiative to speak out. The interactive video workshop of Law Yuk Mui｜After the Rain advocates co-reading, co-learning and co-creation. The workshop’s commonality and consciousness of commons are like actualising a form of coexistence in a visionary society.