Australian Consulate-General Hong Kong www.australia.org.hk MEDIA RELEASE
亞洲動力 – 藝術無疆界 以亞洲為焦點的當代澳洲藝術展 <藝術品圖片可從 www.australia.org.hk/sp_events/asiantraffic/asiantraffic.htm 下載>
(二ＯＯ六年三月十七日) 來自澳洲的亞裔藝術家，將於亞洲動力 – 藝術無疆界國際巡 迴展覽的香港站展出令人深思的傑出作品。展覽呈獻一系列精彩的錄像、攝影和裝置 藝術。
亞洲動力 的一大特色，是加入巡迴展覽城市的本地藝術家，體現創意交流這重要概 念。在香港舉行的展覽網羅了十位來自亞洲文化背景的澳洲及香港藝術家的優秀作 品。
亞洲動力 – 藝術無疆界 二ＯＯ六年三月三十一日至四月十五日(逢星期二休息) 上午十時至晚上九時 香港視覺藝術中心展覽廳 香港中區堅尼地道 7A 免費入場 查詢請電 2512 3008
亞洲動力 代表著一條文化交流的高速公路，讓藝術創作先驅走向一個無分疆域的世 界。他們踏上奇妙的創作旅程，開拓嶄新的藝術領域、探索多采多姿亞洲藝術形式、 及其與當代澳洲文化所併發出的火花。 亞洲動力由澳洲駐香港總領事館及位於悉尼的亞洲-澳洲藝術中心合辦，香港 Para/Site 藝術空間為合作伙伴。展覽把澳洲定位為跨文化對話促進者。展覽場地由康樂及文化 事務署贊助。 展覽由亞洲-澳洲藝術中心前總監皇甫秉惠及香港 Para/Site 藝術空間助理策展李綺敏 統籌。 李綺敏為亞洲動力香港站特別策展的 line feed，展示四位本地藝術家的作品， 反思我們與日常生活及都市中的影像與標誌的關係。
傳媒查詢﹕ 尹偉倫 澳洲駐香港總領事館新聞事務經理
電話﹕2585 4482 傳真﹕2585 4496 電郵﹕ wailun.wan@dfat.gov.au
Australian Consulate-General Hong Kong www.australia.org.hk MEDIA RELEASE
Asian Traffic – an expressway across borders An ambitious exhibition of contemporary Australian art with an Asian focus <Download artwork images from: www.australia.org.hk/sp_events/asiantraffic/asiantraffic.htm>
(17 March 2006) The most daring Australian artists of Asian origins will be showing their thought-provoking works in Hong Kong at the contemporary exhibition Asian Traffic – an expressway across borders. The international touring exhibition presents an exciting array of video, photography, sculpture and installation works. It has been staged in Sydney, Adelaide, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Hong Kong is the show’s seventh venue. A dynamic component of Asian Traffic is the inclusion of local artists from the exhibiting city – a vital concept for the exchange of creative ideas. Asian Traffic in Hong Kong features the stunning works of ten outstanding Australian and Hong Kong artists, all of them with Asian backgrounds. Asian Traffic – an expressway across borders 31 March to 15 April 2006 (Closed on Tuesdays), 10am – 9pm Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre 7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong Free admission, Enquiries: 2512 3008 Asian Traffic represents a cultural superhighway taking pioneering artists to a world without boundaries. They embark on a journey to explore new ground, mapping out the diverse nature of Asian art forms at a crossroads with contemporary Australian culture. Asian Traffic is co-presented by the Australian Consulate-General in Hong Kong and the Asia-Australia Arts Centre in Sydney, in partnership with Para/Site Art Space in Hong Kong. It positions Australia as an instigator of cross-cultural dialogue. The exhibition venue is sponsored by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong. The exhibition is co-curated by Binghui Huangfu, former Director of the Asia-Australia Arts Centre and Christina Li, Assistant Curator of Para/Site Art Space. line feed, curated by Li especially for the Hong Kong leg of Asian Traffic, brings together the work of four local artists each reflecting on our relationship with the urban signs and images that dominate our everyday lives. Media enquiries: Wan Wai-lun, Media Relations Manager, Australian Consulate-General Tel: 2585 4482, Fax: 2585 4496, Email: wailun.wan@dfat.gov.au
Asian Traffic – an expressway across borders AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Owen Leong Second Skin, Digital video, 2004 AUTOevacuation, Digital video, 2005 Owen Leong’s interdisciplinary art practice critically engages with issues of hybrid racial and gender identities. His sculptural, photographic, video and installation works encompass a diverse range of influences, from science fiction films, queer theory to Asian identity traders. A graduate of the University of New South Wales, Leong completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours in 2002. The Australian-Chinese artist is based in Sydney. Sangeeta Sandrasegar I’m Half Sick of Shadows, Paper cut-out panels, glitter, glass beads, 2004 Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s intricate works cut from paper elaborate mythic tales of erotic play and adventure. Gently negotiating erotica in diverse cultures Sandrasegar draws upon material ranging from Japanese pillowbooks to the Indian kama sutra to create fragile shadow-land stories. Sandrasegar was born in Brisbane and currently lives in Melbourne. In 2004, she was selected to participate in Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Renee So The Palace Walls Are Strewn With Tapestries Knitted wool, acrylic paint, installation, 2004 Renee So’s sculptural knitted works continue her exploration of the creative possibility of knitting. Using the 17th and 18th century design tradition of Chinoiserie, So explores the ways in which Asia and China have been perceived and imagined from beyond Asia. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Australia, So explores the complex Australian-Asian identity. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from RMIT University in 1997. Mahmoud Yekta Uncommon Sense, Video installation, 2004 Mahmoud Yekta believes a genuine collapse of humanist structures creates a void where things, ideas, sensations and emotions will begin to take on racially new meanings. His work tries to argue the necessity of plunging into this void. Yekta is a labourer, writer and filmmaker from Iran, who arrived in Australia in 1988. His films have been screened internationally in Germany, Spain and Turkey. Koky Saly Look The Other Way, Lambda Print, 2004 In a culture that is defined by sexuality it is not surprising that in the gay community the most important commodity is the way you look. Look the Other Way focuses on the gay community’s obsession with sex and how this cultivated a sexual class system based on race. Koky Saly is a young Australian artist who co-founded the Lacuna Artist Run Space, Melbourne.
Asian Traffic – an expressway across borders HONG KONG ARTISTS Leung Mee Ping Cherubic Island, Installation: Napkins with drawings and audio record, 2004 Leung Mee Ping made a one-minute recording of a blind Chinese girl adopted by western parents. The girl’s primary interests were about McDonalds in other parts of Asia. So Leung began collecting used napkins at McDonalds with graffiti by mainland Chinese immigrant children. Born in Hong Kong, Leung was named the “Leading Contemporary Asian Artist” by ARTAsiaPacific in 2003. Kwan Sheung Chi The Arch, Digital collage photography lambda output on film, light box, 2005 “The Arch: Flaneur the vagrant’s home. Open-style house, 2,920 square centimetres. Built only for your serenity. Easy-to-carry, foldable design makes it your perfect company to travel around the world with stars and the moon. Perhaps only the sky above the horizon can limit you.” Hong Kong-born Kwan Sheung Chi graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. In 2004, he became a nine-to-fiver in Central. Magdalen Wong Hong Kong Sound Score Series: Vitasoy original Vitasoy original flavour bottle cap, vinyl, sound, 2006 Food products symbolic of Hong Kong are translated into sound narratives, employing their packaging and design as the score. This project examines the daily fast food rhythm through the characteristics of food products reminiscent of Hong Kong. Magdalen Wong obtained a Master of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was granted the Hayward Prize to attend the Salzburg Summer Academy, and studied with artists including Ai Wei Wei. Pak Sheung Chuen Familiar numbers, unknown telephone, Photos, sound record, 2005 Pak Sheung Chuen is a multimedia artist and painter who traces communion between people, and between humans and nature. He saw a chain of numbers at a bus stop: 91, 91M, 92, 96R. Then he made a call: 9191 9296. Born in 1977, the Hong Kong artist is a visual arts columnist for Ming Pao Daily. He won the Overseas Exchange Prize of the “Inward Gazes-Documentaries of Chinese Performance Arts” in 2005 from the Macao Museum of Art. Yuk King Tan Untitled, Mixed Media, 2006 Yuk King Tan’s artwork is a site-specific sculptural installation intercepting signs and advertising images. She is interested in the interruptions, pauses and uncertainties that occur when navigating the city. Australian-born and educated in New Zealand, Yuk currently resides in Hong Kong. She has exhibited at the Camden Arts Centre in London, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles with additional shows in Europe, America and the Oceania region.
Take a ride with artists Meet exhibiting artists for a talk on Asian Traffic – A superhighway across borders: 3:00pm, 1 April 2006 (Saturday) Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Free admission 與藝術家會面 參展藝術家就亞洲動力-創意澎湃. 藝術無疆界為題舉行研討會，歡迎各界人仕 參加: 二○○六年四月一日(星期六)下午三時 香港視覺藝術中心展覽廳 免費入場