EXHIBITION VISITS

LET'S DO LUNCH EXHIBITION (30DEC)

                   
I love going to different exhibitions and art markets with friends when I am in Hong Kong. This time, one of my friends' tutor held an exhibition in Hong Kong. I went there with my friends and it was a quite fun experience. It is an exhibition about the food culture in Hong Kong, about how hectic it is in the central district area of Hong Kong during lunch time and how different types of people have lunch in their own different ways. There were pamphlets introducing fast food culture, yum cha, reunion dinner, etc. I think the idea of giving out pamphlets in the exhibition is a really good idea for foreign visitors to really dig deep into the theme and know more about it. As seen the the photo, there are both Chinese and English in the pamphlets which is really user friendly even for foreigners.  

The exhibition occupied a really big space with 2 floors. It is highly interactive and I would say it is suitable for people of all ages to visit. There is a space where there are 3 tables and surrounded by chairs for people to sit on. On the tables, there are drawing papers for kids to draw and colour on. This is a really good way to bring audiences together and come up with some creativity. On the other hand, the artist can also look at the drawings that visitors drew and take inspirations from them.

The artist that held the exhibition is a graphic design graduate from UAL. As seen, her style is strongly illustration based. Compared to my work, I might not be that illustrative. Therefore, holding this kind of big exhibition might not be that appropriate for my future career. However, I can see that it would be really fun and satisfying if it is held with my few close friends who are studying art as well. I would love to create something big like the exhibition with them. I would not say it is my ultimate goal of holding a big exhibition, but it is definitely something that I would love try doing in the future. 

HONG KONG ART BOOK FAIR (17JAN)

Apart from LETS DO LUNCH, I also went to the Hong Kong Art book fair. It is actually quite similar to the one that I went before in Manchester (BOUND BK FAIR). It was so crowded and I can barely approach each table to get to see different artists' work. However, it was such a nice experience as I have talked to a few artists and designers about their work, and how they made their books. A lot of them used risoprinting to make their book and it is really interesting that the same method of proaction can produce these many types of aesthetics and styles. 

The only difference from the Bound Book Fair is that there is a small section of the exhibition spaces occupied by publications that is about the No China Protest. This is also my main purpose of going to the fair. I looked at many small zines and publications about the protest and they were really informative and relatable. Some of them focuses on the spreading of information and one focuses on the aesthetic and art side of the publication.