About the event
Exhibition Statement
The Dialogue Bands is a collaborative drawing project between Hong Kong Art School and RMIT School of Art Melbourne students and lecturers. It aims to synthesize a connection around approaches to thinking through making, exploring ideas, and investigating cultural themes.
Twenty students from Hong Kong paired with 20 students from Melbourne have contributed a part each to a composite drawing based upon a shared image prompt. The drawing halves are brought together in correspondence to produce single works shown in this exhibition and at RMIT University, School of Art, Melbourne from March 2024.
Individually students have responded in various 2D media to photographic image strips (42 cm tall and a few centimetres wide) that have been sampled from the cultural environments of Melbourne and Hong Kong.
Students from Melbourne worked from the right edge of the common strip to complete their A3 work on paper whilst students from Hong Kong worked from the left edge to complete theirs. In the process, they negotiated with their collaborating partner to exchange their ideas and interpretations, approaches, mediums, and possibilities. Discussions took place via emails, files, or online shared folders. Some works are seamless and harmonized, while others are contrasting and collagic. All are fascinating and contribute to building a ‘picture’ of the community of students in the BP201 program in Hong Kong and Melbourne.
Painting Showcase @ Jockey Club Atrium — The Dialogue Bands
Exhibition Period: 2 Sep – 12 Oct 2023
Time: 8am – 11pm
Venue: Jockey Club Atrium, G/F – 4/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre (2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong)
Curators: Louise LEE | Carolyn Eskdale
Artists:
Isabelle HO | Catherine WENG
Lai Yan CHEUNG | Sean LEEGAL
Cynthia AU-YEUNG | Kobi WOOD
Joseph GREYLING | Lili SMITH
Wing HUI | Guaire MCKENNA
Wai Han Connie LAU | Woo Hyun KANG
Man Kit CHUI | Rachael GOY
Ching Ling CHEUNG | Erica FRASER
Ming Wai Renee TANG | Alex DENAY
Tsz Chun MAN | Alexandra CAIRNEY
Jessica EDEN | Emily SONG
Cheuk Nam HO | Dax (PAOLO) ACUNA
Shek Laam Edwin LEUNG | Ayla STEWART
Hon NG | Ka Yan SO (Kelly)
King Hong CHOI | Sam MEEKAN
Tsz Kwan FONG | Angelina INNOCENT
Jayoung CHOO | Emily GAULE
Yan Tung TSE | Zach EDWARDS
Wing Yin SZETO | Dougal CAMPION
Sze Kei MAK | Marley BIGGS
About the organizer
Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), founded in 2000, is a division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC). Closely associated with HKAC’s environment and creative enterprises, HKAS offers a unique setting for students to draw on a vast spectrum of artistic practices.
HKAS is an accredited institute staffed by a group of dedicated artists and art educators, who are active and distinguished practitioners in the field. The School’s award-bearing curriculum focuses mainly on the area of Fine Art (Ceramics, Painting, Photography and Sculpture). Its scope covers programmes with academic levels ranging from Higher Diploma to Bachelor Degree. The short courses and the outreach projects of the School that run parallel to the award-bearing curriculum span a wide variety of artistic disciplines, and genuinely bridge art and the community.