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An exhibition entitled "Sparkle! Can We Live (Together)" opened today (August 1) at Oi! and will run until October 19. The exhibition has brought together a group of artistic talents and examines the collaborative relationship between artists.
The exhibition is curated by Lee Chun-fung, a co-founder of the art organisation Wooferten, who has extensive experience in connecting communities. His interest in the ecosystem of local art organisations that come together on their own initiative has led him to examine the productive means and sustainability of collaborative art.
In this exhibition, Lee has brought together several artists and projects including Michael Leung of the Community Farming Project, Him Lo of People's Pitch, Kobe Ko of the Chow Kai Chin project and Elaine W Ho, an artist who has previously established an art space in the hutong, narrow streets and alleys of Beijing. Also involved in the exhibition are the mini art space 100 ft. PARK and the Tuna Prize, an art award organised by alumni of the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University.
The exhibition showcases the development of the participants' schemes and shares their experiences of running these programmes. The creative approaches break away from the traditional ways of thinking in generating art from a personal perspective. Instead, art is created through deliberation, co-operation, conversation and the building of relationships: a common idea is developed using a bottom-up approach to achieve the ideals of "being together".
In addition, artists Joe Yiu and Ocean Leung together with BLOKE will develop the creative ideas of "What If (Artist Village)", which was presented in the launch exhibition of the "Sparkle!" exhibition series in response to the imaginative ideas of an ecosystem of projects initiated by art organisations.
"Sparkle! Can We Live (Together)" is the third exhibition of the "Sparkle!" exhibition series, which is organised by Oi! of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The series comprises seven exhibitions, all conceived by young and outstanding local curators. Collaborating with their design partner, Karr Yip, the curators have been drawing up plans for exhibitions that will look into a possible merging of art and daily life and its promotion. The exhibitions will encourage creativity while making available an open and experimental art creation platform at Oi! for local art practitioners.
For details of the exhibition, please visit the Oi!'s website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/en_US/web/apo/oyip_sparkle_can_we_live.html, or contact the Community Art Team of the Art Promotion Office at 2512 3009 or 2512 3005.
Ends/Friday, August 1, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:43
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