Contemporary Art visit (I)

Today's visit was mainly divided into two parts. The first exhibition we have been to is "Around Sound" located in Kwun Tong Ferry Pier, which is also a part of the art festival and retreat. There are artists from all over the world staying in Hong Kong so as to actively participate in the festival. Personally, i find this cross-border cooperation really meaningful. Exchanging ideas with people from all walks of life is vital as an indirect way to boost creativity. With the great diversity of the artwork exhibited, the impact of the festival can be greatly enhanced wholly. Being an international city, i think hong kong can take this as an advantage for the art industry.
The first stop for the visit is the site-specific installation made by Matt Cook.

He loves improvisation. He said he will keep making the devices during the exhibition till the point he thinks his work has finished. By then, he will leave the devices here making different voices.

Matt is demonstrating how to connect his devices to the battery in order to sound.

Some of the loudspeakers Matt gathered.

These are two devices he made.

THese are the tools Matt used for his creation. By observing what he used, I can understand more about his working progress.

One of the devices Matt made is resembling the sound of fan.

Distorted fan. I was wondering what does it mean. What sound will it produce?

There are sound produced everywhere in the pier and some of them are natural sound such as the sound of wind or sea wave while some of them are humanly produced. This speaker could be a significant example. With the presence of all these sounds, I can imagine the old days and prosperity of the old Kwun Tong pier.

The second stop of the visit is located on the second floor. The corresponding artist, Akio Suzuki came from Japan. He is responsible for two performing arts and below are some photos taken. The process of completing his art work is part of the artwork. This is the performance arranged for the festival. While Akio is completing his artwork, I was deeply impressed by his facial expression and the communication between the lady. Personally, I don't like talking much to my friends  because words can form lies easily while communicating without words is more powerful.
Maybe this is why inspiring paintings, artworks, or even songs can surpass the time constraints. Back to   Akio's work, the way the sound triggers the movement of the lady is interesting to me too. It seems to me they are trying tell a story or present an ideology yet due to my limited knowledge towards sound art, I can only depend on my imaginations. The vigor of the sound produced by Akio and the movement of the lady are in tunes. They are communicating with a means that cannot be seen but can only be felt. It inspires me. Sometimes when I am creating my own art work, I purposely add some symbolic elements into it so that others can understand what am I doing more easily. Nonetheless, I find it unnecessary now. What others perceive is not important since art is about imagination. Owing to my limitations to sound art, I have larger room for imaginations. There are always good or bad sides.

The materials Akio used.

The second part of the visit is held in the osage gallery. I am pleased to enjoy artwork from Magdalen Wong and Ng Sai Kit. Personally, I find Magdalen's work more impressive.  Her work is titled as A Flight of Fantasy. Some commercials are hidden in her work and i think it is really funny. She shows her imagination about her fantasy in this diverse world.

I think the idea is innovative. Magdalen has put a TV playing a particular famous commercial upside-down. The audience can only guess the content by looking down on the reflected shadow.

Personally, I like the feelings of drawing with water color. How the painting looks like depends on the flow of water. This is my favorite painting in this exhibition. Hand has many representations. In this painting, I see hope but I am not sure about why blue is chosen to be the theme color. The frame os circular and it kind of fits the painting very well. 

From my perspective, it looks like spilled milk.

This screen is showing a video clip about natural landscape.