2021
洪强
Hung Keung
See 字进入
It All Begins with a Word
视频 + 互动网站连结
Video + Interactive Website
  • 《See字進入》See 物 (一)
    "It All Begins with a Word" See the Objects (1)
  • 《See字進入》See 字
    "It All Begins with a Word" See the Words
  • 《See字進入》See 居
      "It All Begins with a Word" See the Habitat

《See字进入》将步步引领观众重投文字世界,层层感受我城在星月转移下的变迁。

有别于传统表演艺术的展示形式,创作内容先于社交平台与主题网站释出,并为未来的实体展览响起前奏。《See字进入》将步步引领观众重投文字世界,层层感受我城在星月转移下的变迁。文字与我们之间的关系不止于观看,更重于创造。洪强特意设计网上互动平台,供观众自由编置字汇片词与肢体动作,化身诗人与编舞家。在网络视听的互动世界,上接文学之源,下分创作之流,更新视野。艺术主题及展览概念源自“读万卷书不如行万里路”的“观”及“行”字,并延伸成为四组影像艺术元素──“物件”、“动物”、“人”和“空间”。内容取材自香港文学家刘以鬯、也斯、西西、李家升、禾迪、阿蓝、黄楚乔、吴煦斌、舒巷城、陈慧及小西等着名香港文学家的诗作、散文及小说。创作团队摘录当中的诗、词、文、字,转化成不同的艺术媒介作品。四组元素引领观众重回六十至八十年代的光影与社会,穿梭文学家的成长过程,追随他们的老、中、青足迹。

《See字进入》由香港新视野艺术节委约创作。

Drawing from famous local authors from the 1960s to 1990s, this novel takes on Hong Kong writing intrepidly adds in moving image and dance to explore the essence of literary perception.

For internationally renowned Hong Kong media artist Hung Keung, reading the world of literature have been constant companions from an early age, and his love of words has inspired many of his cross-disciplinary creations to date. In 2021, Hung and his creative teams have joined forces to present a multifaceted reading experience online. Drawing from famous local authors from the 1960s to 1990s, this novel takes on Hong Kong writing intrepidly adds in images and dance to explore the essence of literary perception. And unlike most works of art, which are published, performed, or go on show when completed, It All Begins with a Word is set to unfold in phases on digital images on social media and a bespoke project website. Yet, our relationship with text and the arts involves more than looking. It encompasses creating. Hung has thus formulated several interactive online games where you can reassemble words and physical movements the way you want them to be, providing a dynamic taste of what it is like to be a writer and a choreographer. An extraordinary literary journey that will truly renew your vision. The theme and concept are derived from the words "read" and "travel" in "Reading thousands of books is not as good as travelling thousands of miles", which are developed further into four groups of video art elements – objects, animals, people and space. The content is based on the poems, proses and novels of famous Hong Kong writers such as Liu Yichang (刘以鬯), Leung Ping-kwan [Ye Si] (也斯), Xi Xi (西西), Lee Ka-sing (李家昇), Holly Lee (黄楚乔), Wu Xubin (吴煦斌), Shu Hong-sing (舒巷城), He Di (禾迪), Ah Lam (阿蓝), Chan Wai (陈慧) and Cheng Wai-pang (小西). The creative team extracts bits and pieces from the writings and transforms them into works of different artistic media. The four groups of elements bring the audience back to 1960s–80s Hong Kong, where they will follow the writers’ footprints to revisit the various stages of their lives.

It All Begins with a Word is commissioned by the Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival.

洪强

Hung Keung

洪强早年先后于香港、英国、德国及瑞士研修艺术,亦为德国学术交流奖学金DAAD及亚洲文化协会捷成汉伉俪奖助金得主。洪先后毕业于香港理工设计学院、香港中文大学艺术系,于英国伦敦中央圣马丁艺术及设计研究院主修录像及电影艺术硕士,并于瑞士苏黎世艺术大学获颁哲学博士。他曾任德国新媒体重镇艺术与媒体研究中心ZKM访问学人,亦获邀往澳洲、美国及加拿大驻留及从事与新媒体艺术相关研究项目。现为香港教育大学文化与创意艺术副教授。

自1995年起,一直热衷于实验短片及录像创作、新媒体艺术和中国哲学及美学方面的研究。他于2005年成立「燕老米的雅实验室」(imhk lab),从事新媒体艺术研究及有关互动软件艺术研发与应用工作。近年作品多集中讨论以禅修、自然及心境体验、哲学、山、水、墨、时、空的概念切入当代录像及互动艺术所呈现之可能性。

他的作品被香港艺术馆及其他重要海外机构收藏。其文化研究作品系列获颁多个奖项,当中包括香港设计师协会环球设计大奖优秀奖(2018)和德国国际创新博览会创新作品银奖。他亦曾于2011及2010年,分别获香港艺术发展局及香港艺术馆颁发「年度最佳艺术家奖(媒体艺术)2010」和「香港当代艺术双年奖」。

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Hung Keung is a new and digital media artist and scholar. He was awarded Deutscher Akademicscher Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship to Germany in 2002, and Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to US in 2005. He graduated in the Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London with a MA in Film and Video, and completed his PhD (Digital media art & Chinese philosophy) of the Planetary Collegium in Zurich University of the Arts. He was also a visiting scholar at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany. Hung Keung is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts of the Education University of Hong Kong.

Since 1996, Hung Keung has been involved in the creative and research aspects of film, video and new media art internationally. In 2005, Hung Keung founded innov + media lab (“imhk lab”), which focuses on new media art and design research in relation to Chinese philosophy and interactivity. He focuses on exploring human limitations, through interactive and moving digital images the artist ventures into extending these limitations with technology. In his latest installations and performances, Hung Keung further enquires on the intricate relationship between the viewers and these moving images. His works create a dynamic dialogue between time and space, viewers, and the artist’s experimentation with new media art.

His works are archived at Hong Kong Museum of Art and other important overseas institutions. He was presented with an Excellence Award (Digital Media) at the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) Global Design Awards 2018 and received the Silver Medal at the 70th International Trade Fair “Ideas – Inventions – New Products” (iENA) in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2010 – 2011, he received Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, “Award for Best Artist (Media Arts) (2010)” and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards, “Achievement Awards”.