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Hong Kong
There have been great developments since the last participation of Hong Kong in tho Prague Quadrennial in 1995. The develop-ment in the arts and cultural environment of these eight years has been crucial in response to tho political and social changes in Hong Kong. The increasing concern of localism: integrating and interactions of Chinese sensibility and aosthotics with Western education, technology and influence. The essence of the Chinese aesthetics such as form (xing), spirit (shon), moaning (yi) and image (xiang) well illustrated the status of vacuity and plenitude in Chinese philosophy. Those elements contrast, complement, and at the same time interact the Western ideas such as realism, simulation and fragmentation. This mixture ultimately loads the present generation within the East/West interaction into a clear picture of how to idontiiy and appreciate the local identities and values. Enhanced with visual media of modern technology, a unique group of Western educated Chinese sconogrnphors will present an exhibit to reflect this particular localism of Hong Kong arts and culture.
Kurátoři, autoři koncepce / Curators, authors of the conception:
Karin Chui, Bachchus Lee, Taurus Wah, Shybil Yuen
Exhibiting artists / ateliers
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- Shui Chun Karin Chiu
* 1965, Hong Kong
Additional information: She acquired her theatre training in theatre design at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and she is a candidate for the Master of Arts in East/West Theatre Studies at the Middlesex University London. Currently works as costume and set desinger. Main features of her work is to tell Chinese story but not in conventional Chinese style.
- Man-wai Taurus Wah
* 1964, Hong Kong
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Set and costume designer, collaborating with City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Taiwan R.O.L. The University of Leeds, St.John's College, Manchester, Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Technical School, Hong Kong. He has recently formed his own independent production house Open Daily to showcase his design, management and research in per-forming arts.
He exhibited at PQ in 1995, 1999.
- Bacchus Lee
* 1970
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Stage and costume designer. He graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Art in 1993 and studied scenography at the Central St. Martin College in London. Currentlly, he is the resident designer at the Chung Ying Theatre. His stage work is always a combina-tion of East and West, modern and classical, old style and trendy style, naturalism and symbolism.
- Shybil Yuen Uk-Ying
* 1067, Hong Kong
Additional information: Visual presentation designer, graduated from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Slade School in London. She thinks about stage like a space, which is timeless but limited. The use of space is to give audience the intimacy of Universe. Simple form and significant symbol is the uti-lization of element in her work. Even though theatre has mysteries, it has lots of space for our imagination of poetic force. There are lots of discoveries and touching stories.