香港新界錦田永隆圍
Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
2018.4.28, 5.5, 5.12
從飯局開始，藝術家鄧國騫最新藝術計劃《懶腰》現正招募參與者共同研究並製作
由天台塾策劃的《Our Daily, Our Border》，將於2018年9月展出藝術家鄧國騫首個大型裝置暨表演計劃《懶腰》，指涉每一個體經歷拆解當下生活規範過後的狀況，然後從純粹的空間集體重新建立價值的試煉。
鄧視每天日復如是的生活、習慣為蟄伏能量與美學一體兩面的場域，這是他創作的源頭，也是他過去主要以個人思辨回應外在的對象。是次計劃，鄧希望公開招募參與者，透過工作坊分享他的觀察和生活，及被參與者的觀察和生活啟迪，最終共同整合計劃呈現的形態。
離散混沌的時代；流離失所的心靈與軀殼。在徹底系統化的處境，人們在既虛擬又實質的網絡互通消息；在諸多的生活圈既遇見又分離。鄧期盼，我們在飯局和聚會中共襄，攜同本質的覺知尋求現今亂世累積生活意義的能量與美學。
公開招募內容：
- 鄧國騫邀請參與者於2018年4月至5月期間到他錦田圍村家進行多次飯局，鄧將帶領賓客展開對話。
- 飯局後，鄧將組成研究團隊，並前往部分參與者家進行探訪。
- 接著，在5月至6月期間進行8次不同形式的工作坊。
工作坊中拍攝的影像有機會出現於9月的展覽，而部分參與者亦有機會於展覽期間表演。
我們在疲憊的時候放鬆了什麼姿勢或警戒？對於觀察生活充滿興趣和疑問的朋友，我們邀請你加入本計劃，與鄧國騫一起伸伸懶腰。
晚宴詳情：
日期：28/4（六）、5/5（六）、12/5（六）
時間：晚上7:00-10:00
地點：香港新界錦田永隆圍
集合時間及地點：晚上7:00於錦上路西鐵站B出口集合，再一同步行前往永隆圍
工作坊詳情：
日期：5月5日-6月24日期間，共八節，主要於週末進行
內容：到訪藝術家的家、到訪部分參與者的家等8次不同形式的工作坊
參加方法：
並回答以下至少一條問題 (*以下三道問題沒有必然關係)
(1) 之間是什麼？
(2) 我們在忍受，還是擁抱什麼？
(3) 我們在疲憊的時候放鬆了什麼姿勢或警戒？
報名連結：https://goo.gl/btxzHg
關於藝術家
鄧國騫，混合媒介藝術家，香港中文大學藝術碩士。其創作路途始於對其原居民背景不間斷的追問，繼而發展出對存在本義及親密式美學的探討，緊扣其生命的進程與經歷。此思考體現於其作品，他淡化藝術和生活的界線，通過融和創作及人類種種矛盾意圖展現本質性、二元間的張力及感官節奏。他時常挪用和重構日常與個人文本以講述隱伏生活的故事，如觸及成長、承傳、自由、資本主義、消費主義、自然、政治、規範等，透露出對人事物的關懷。2009年獲香港當代藝術雙年獎優秀獎；2013年亞洲文化協會獎助金得主；2010、2011及2014年入選傑出亞洲藝術獎。
Starting From Dinner Gatherings, Artist Tang Kwok-hin’s Latest Art Project “Pandiculate” is Now Calling for Participants to Collaborate in Its Research and Making.
Coordinated by Rooftop Institute, “Our Daily, Our Border” will present artist Tang Kwok-hin’s first large-scale installation-and-performance project “Pandiculate” in September 2018. The project alludes to the challenge of reestablishing value collectively in an unadulterated space after the deconstruction of the norms in daily life.
Tang sees the hidden potential energy beneath our monotonous daily life and habits. Likewise, he sees the other side of the coin in aesthetics. These are the origins of his creations, as well as the main targets he responded to in the past with his own reasoning. In this project, Tang would like to recruit participants publicly and share his observations and daily experience through workshops. In return, he hopes to be inspired by the participants’ observations and daily experience so that they can all contribute to the shaping of the project’s presentation.
The era of separation and chaos; the homeless mind and body. In a completely systemized world, people exchange information via networks which are at once virtual and real; they meet and part in different daily social circles. Tang hopes that we can join together in dinners and gatherings with the awareness of our essence to seek out the energy and aesthetics from the accumulated meaning in our lives in troubled times.
Open call details:
- Tang Kwok-hin invites participants for a number of dinner gatherings at his home in Kam Tin Walled Village between April and May 2018, in which he initiates dialogues with the guests.
- After the dinner gatherings, Tang will form research teams to visit the homes of some participants.
- Subsequently, eight workshops will be conducted in different forms between May and June.
The videos recorded in the workshops may appear in the exhibition in September. Some participants will have the chance to perform during the exhibition.
When we’re tired, what kind of posture or alert do we surrender? If you have interest in or doubts about observing daily life, we invite you to join this project and pandiculate with Tang Kwok-hin.
Dinner details:
Date: 28/4(sat), 5/5(sat), 12/5(sat)
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Location: Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin, N.T.
Gathering time and location: 7:00pm at Kam Sheung Road Station Exit B.
Workshop details:
Dates: a total of 8 workshops between 5/5-24/6, mainly in weekends
Format: Various workshops, including visiting participant’s home, artist’s home, etc.
Application:
Answer at least one of the following questions (*The questions have no causal relation.)
(1) What is between?
(2) What are we tolerating or embracing?
(3) When we are tired, what kind of postures or alert do we surrender?
Application Link: https://goo.gl/btxzHg
About the Artist
Tang Kwok-hin is a mixed media artist. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His artistic path began with unceasing queries about his native background. His exploration has later evolved into an examination into origins of existence and intimate aesthetics, intertwining the personal encounters in the course of his life. These musings are embodied in his works. Blurring the boundaries between art and life, his creations integrate with mankind’s various conflicted intentions to reveal intrinsic values, binary tension and the rhythm of the senses. He often appropriates and reconstructs daily and personal contexts to narrate hidden stories in life, touching on topics such as growth, inheritance, freedom, capitalism, consumerism, nature, politics and norms, to express his concern for humans and their surroundings. He is the recipient of Outstanding Award at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial 2009 and Asian Cultural Council’s fellowship in 2013, as well as the finalist of Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2010, 2011 and 2014.