Saturday, October 10, 2009
YOUNG CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS EXHIBITION - Oct 10 - Nov 29, 2009
A Blow to the Everyday
(last)intervention
10.10.2009–29.11.2009
Press Preview: 09.10.2009, 4:00pm–6:00pm
Opening Reception: 09.10.2009, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Osage Art Foundation is pleased to present A Blow to the Everyday and (last) intervention as part of the annual October Contemporary. The former is a group exhibition of works by young contemporary Japanese artists, many of which are site-specific while the latter will showcase new works by Kingsley Ng and Samson Young, two of Hong Kong’s most promising local young artists. The two exhibitions thereby brings together young artists from two cities in Asia and through this, creates a platform for interaction and exchange, as well as an opportunity for audiences to experience works from different parts of Asia.
Curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, A Blow to the Everyday signifies a call to transform and awaken everyday awareness by embroiling people in collective fantasies and horrors and other provocative documents. It also implies questioning, through the practice of contemporary Japanese artists, the kind of involvement the individual activities of artists can have with communities and society at large, and the kind of communication and imagination they can stimulate in late-finance capitalist Japan. It is as well the story of the survival of the artists concerned, with an attempt to recall the reality of a different life through involvement with situations and people in the city.
Many of the works in the exhibition are participatory in nature and responds to the immediate space of the gallery and the environment of Hong Kong. Yukihiro Taguchi explores the city and creates temporary installation using objects he found throughout his expedition, and in the process, often invites the participation of passersby. These acts are documented and shown as part of an installation in the gallery. In the week following the opening, Taguchi’s ‘performative installation’ will undergo constant changes, ‘re-spacing’ and re-defining the traditional notion of a ‘fixed’ space/place and its relationship to the objects they house. Kenichi Hagihara’s work takes on the form of pseudo-scientific experiments which invites the participation of the public. The artist collective Chim↑Pom creates a utopian world within the gallery, at the same time, takes a dig at the fantasies of contemporary society. Meanwhile, Meiro Koizumi captures the forlorn psychological state of the modern man—absurd, amusing yet harrowing. In addition, the exhibition will showcase a video installation of established artist Shiro Takatani, documentation of public art projects by Wah, a young artist collective, as well as a large scale site-specific wall painting by Ayako Okubo.
(last)intervention presents new works by Kingsley Ng and Samson Young, two of Hong Kong’s emerging generation of tech-savvy multi-disciplinarians. Kingsley Ng is known for his intensely subtle poeticism, while Samson Young’s work is typified by schizophrenic juxtaposition of rich darkness and child-like imageries; yet, both share a concern for the deployment of sound in immersive multi-media experiences. Focusing on the rapidly-disappearing Kwun Tong as a site of social intervention and creative meditation, the pair will create contrasting pieces that seek to re-define ‘intervention’ as an act of remembering, an act of inscribing time, a way of participating in Being, and a way of negotiating competing claims for justice and acts of witnessing.
A special programme conceived and led by Samson Young, Urban Palimpsest: a twilight sound-walk, will take participants on an intimate tour to discover little-known spots in Kwun Tong, while listening to modified environment sounds and electronic compositions streaming from portable listening devices. It is a meditative inquiry into the connection between urban spaces and our collective sonic imagination, an exercise in distrusting the ears, and a momentary disruption of sonic judgement.
The exhibitions, A Blow to the Everyday and (last)intervention, form the first part of a larger cultural exchange programme organised by Osage Art Foundation. It includes a programme of exhibitions, performances, workshops, presentations, as well as a symposium. The second part of the exchange will be held in Tokyo, Japan in Spring 2010. The programme is an attempt to provide a platform for exchange by introducing works of Japanese artists and art collectives to audiences in Hong Kong, while also creating an opportunity for artists and art professionals from Hong Kong to travel to Japan. It is hoped that the event will act as a catalyst for future cultural exchanges, providing audiences in Hong Kong with a wider world view in art as well as promoting Hong Kong artists abroad.
The Press preview for the above exhibitions will be held on Friday, 9 October 2009 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The artists will be present at this event for interviews.
The press preview will be followed by the Opening Reception at 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
-END-
ABOUT A BLOW TO THE EVERYDAY
Exhibiting Artists:
Chim↑Pom, Kenichi Hagihara, Meiro Koizumi, Ayako Okubo, Yukihiro Taguchi, Shiro Takatani, and Wah
Curator:
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
ABOUT (LAST)INTERVENTION
Exhibiting Artists:
Kingsley Ng, and Samson Young
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Address:
5/F, Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Exhibition Duration:
10 October 2009 till 29 November 2009
Opening Reception:
9 October 2009 (Friday), 6.00pm
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
‘Japanese Contemporary Art’ by Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Date:
10 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
10:30am–11:30am
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Language:
English
Panel Discussion: ‘Asian Art Today’
Date:
10 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
11:30am–1:00pm
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Language:
English
Participants:
Tobias Berger, Chief Curator, Nam June Paik Art Center
Patrick D. Flores, Professor of Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines, and Adjunct Curator, National Art Gallery of the Philippines
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Urban Palimpsest: a twilight sound-walk by Samson Young
Date:
17 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
7:00am
Duration:
45mins
Limited to 15 participants only. To register, please call (852) 27934817 or email info@oaf.cc.
[ENCL.]
APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTISTS
APPENDIX B: PRESS IMAGES
ABOUT OSAGE ART FOUNDATION
The Osage Art Foundation is an international not-for-profit philanthropic organization devoted to building creative communities and promoting cultural cooperation. The Foundation aims to bring to the art world new voices, new vision, new ideas and new styles, and to celebrate the achievements of humanity together with its limitations and failures.
Please visit www.oaf.cc for more information.
ABOUT OCTOBER CONTEMPORARY 2009: NOW, OR NEVER
October Contemporary (OC) is a non-profit initiative devoted to the contemporary arts since 2007, and the only event of its kind in Hong Kong. In its third year, OC 2009 takes Now, or Never to be its slogan, to imbue a sense of urgency among both art practitioners and the wider public to think critically, creatively, and persistently about the contemporary arts and care for its value to our society.
Please visit www.oc.org.hk for more information.
MEDIA ENQUIRY
Kennis Lai
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
Fax:
(852) 3007 2988
Email:
kennislai@osagegallery.com
Alice Wong
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
Fax:
(852) 3007 2988
Email:
alicewong@osagegallery.com
新聞稿
二零零九年十月八日
致藝術文化版及專欄版編輯
請即時發佈
《 A Blow to the Everyday 》
《（最後）的介入》
10.10.2009 – 29.11.2009
傳媒預覽 : 09.10.2009，下午4時至6時正
開幕酒會 : 09.10.2009，下午6時至8時正
奧沙藝術基金將於《拾月當代》期間舉行《 A Blow to the Everyday 》 及《（最後）的介入》兩個展覽。前者將展出年輕日本當代藝術家之作品，大部份作品均屬特定場域之藝術創作；後者則展出兩個新進香港藝術家伍韶勁及楊嘉輝的最新作品。兩個展覽給兩地之年輕藝術家提供一個互動及交流平台，亦同時成為香港觀眾接觸其他亞洲國家藝術的好機會。
《 A Blow to the Everyday 》 由東京都現代美術館總館長長谷川祐子《A Blow to the Everyday 》 象徵著一種召喚 ──試圖將觀眾捲入集體幻想及驚駭空間，又用挑釁行為混淆視聽，從而喚醒和改變觀眾對日常生活的覺悟。同時亦透過當代日本藝術家的藝術創作，對藝術家的個人活動跟社區以至整個社會的連繫，及他們如何在日本這個後資本主義經濟型社會激發溝通和想像提出質疑。展覽亦嘗試透過城市中不同的人物境況道出一個個關於這些藝術家在藝術世界求存的故事。
田口行弘利用沿途收集的物件，即興搭建成一裝置藝術，邀請途人參與之餘，更將過程拍成影片，成為裝置藝術的一部份。展覽開幕之後的一個星期，田口的「行為裝置」將有所改變，重新界定「固定」空間／地方的傳統定義。萩原健一的作品邀請公眾參與一個偽科學實驗。Chim↑Pom將於畫廊內建造一個烏托邦，以掘發人的幻想空間。 小泉明郎抓住現代人孤獨的心理狀態－荒謬，可笑，卻悲慘。此外，展覽亦展出高谷史郎的錄像裝置，Wah的公眾藝術項目之紀錄片，以及大久保亞夜子的大型特定場域壁畫。
《（最後）的介入》展出兩個新進香港跨媒介藝術家伍韶勁及楊嘉輝的最新作品。 伍韶勁最為人熟識的是其極為精細的詩語詞韻，而楊嘉輝的最新作品再次展示其典型精神分裂式創作風格，將黑暗與稚氣的意象相並列；然而，兩位藝術家都利用聲音元素，令觀眾親身經歷一次獨特的多媒體體驗。作品焦點則落在觀塘 ─ 一個將要瞬間消失的地區，一個帶有強烈社會干預和創作沈思的地方；兩人創作出對比強烈的作品，試圖將「介入」重新定義為記憶的行為、時間的刻畫、存在的參與方式、和一種跟司法主張和見證行為相抵觸的談判方式。
《Urban Palimpsest》為展覽之特備節目。藝術家楊嘉輝將帶領參加者遊走於清晨的觀塘，耳聽以意創造的環境聲音，尋找鮮為人知的城市景點；圍繞觀塘、經驗聲音、探索城市空間。《Urban Palimpsest》讓任沉浸於城市空間跟集體聲音想像之間的冥想空間，教人暫離自己慣用的耳朵，推翻一切有關聲音的判斷。
傳媒預覽將於二零零九年十月九日(星期五)下午4時正舉行。屆時藝術家將出席接受傳媒訪問。
傳媒預覽後將設開幕酒會，時間為下午6時至晚上8時正。
--完--
關於《A Blow to the Everyday》
藝術家： Chim↑Pom，萩原健一，小泉明郎，大久保亞夜子，田口行弘，高谷史郎及Wah
策展人： 長谷川祐子
展覽地點： 奧沙觀塘
地址： 香港九龍觀塘鴻圖道73-75號建大工業大廈5樓
展期： 2009年10月10日至2009年11月29日
開幕酒會： 2009年10月9日(星期五)下午6時正
電話： (852) 2793 4817
關於《（最後）的介入》
藝術家： 伍韶勁及楊嘉輝
展覽地點： 奧沙觀塘
地址： 香港九龍觀塘鴻圖道73-75號建大工業大廈5樓
展期： 2009年10月10日至2009年11月29日
開幕酒會： 2009年
(last)intervention
10.10.2009–29.11.2009
Press Preview: 09.10.2009, 4:00pm–6:00pm
Opening Reception: 09.10.2009, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Osage Art Foundation is pleased to present A Blow to the Everyday and (last) intervention as part of the annual October Contemporary. The former is a group exhibition of works by young contemporary Japanese artists, many of which are site-specific while the latter will showcase new works by Kingsley Ng and Samson Young, two of Hong Kong’s most promising local young artists. The two exhibitions thereby brings together young artists from two cities in Asia and through this, creates a platform for interaction and exchange, as well as an opportunity for audiences to experience works from different parts of Asia.
Curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, A Blow to the Everyday signifies a call to transform and awaken everyday awareness by embroiling people in collective fantasies and horrors and other provocative documents. It also implies questioning, through the practice of contemporary Japanese artists, the kind of involvement the individual activities of artists can have with communities and society at large, and the kind of communication and imagination they can stimulate in late-finance capitalist Japan. It is as well the story of the survival of the artists concerned, with an attempt to recall the reality of a different life through involvement with situations and people in the city.
Many of the works in the exhibition are participatory in nature and responds to the immediate space of the gallery and the environment of Hong Kong. Yukihiro Taguchi explores the city and creates temporary installation using objects he found throughout his expedition, and in the process, often invites the participation of passersby. These acts are documented and shown as part of an installation in the gallery. In the week following the opening, Taguchi’s ‘performative installation’ will undergo constant changes, ‘re-spacing’ and re-defining the traditional notion of a ‘fixed’ space/place and its relationship to the objects they house. Kenichi Hagihara’s work takes on the form of pseudo-scientific experiments which invites the participation of the public. The artist collective Chim↑Pom creates a utopian world within the gallery, at the same time, takes a dig at the fantasies of contemporary society. Meanwhile, Meiro Koizumi captures the forlorn psychological state of the modern man—absurd, amusing yet harrowing. In addition, the exhibition will showcase a video installation of established artist Shiro Takatani, documentation of public art projects by Wah, a young artist collective, as well as a large scale site-specific wall painting by Ayako Okubo.
(last)intervention presents new works by Kingsley Ng and Samson Young, two of Hong Kong’s emerging generation of tech-savvy multi-disciplinarians. Kingsley Ng is known for his intensely subtle poeticism, while Samson Young’s work is typified by schizophrenic juxtaposition of rich darkness and child-like imageries; yet, both share a concern for the deployment of sound in immersive multi-media experiences. Focusing on the rapidly-disappearing Kwun Tong as a site of social intervention and creative meditation, the pair will create contrasting pieces that seek to re-define ‘intervention’ as an act of remembering, an act of inscribing time, a way of participating in Being, and a way of negotiating competing claims for justice and acts of witnessing.
A special programme conceived and led by Samson Young, Urban Palimpsest: a twilight sound-walk, will take participants on an intimate tour to discover little-known spots in Kwun Tong, while listening to modified environment sounds and electronic compositions streaming from portable listening devices. It is a meditative inquiry into the connection between urban spaces and our collective sonic imagination, an exercise in distrusting the ears, and a momentary disruption of sonic judgement.
The exhibitions, A Blow to the Everyday and (last)intervention, form the first part of a larger cultural exchange programme organised by Osage Art Foundation. It includes a programme of exhibitions, performances, workshops, presentations, as well as a symposium. The second part of the exchange will be held in Tokyo, Japan in Spring 2010. The programme is an attempt to provide a platform for exchange by introducing works of Japanese artists and art collectives to audiences in Hong Kong, while also creating an opportunity for artists and art professionals from Hong Kong to travel to Japan. It is hoped that the event will act as a catalyst for future cultural exchanges, providing audiences in Hong Kong with a wider world view in art as well as promoting Hong Kong artists abroad.
The Press preview for the above exhibitions will be held on Friday, 9 October 2009 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The artists will be present at this event for interviews.
The press preview will be followed by the Opening Reception at 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
-END-
ABOUT A BLOW TO THE EVERYDAY
Exhibiting Artists:
Chim↑Pom, Kenichi Hagihara, Meiro Koizumi, Ayako Okubo, Yukihiro Taguchi, Shiro Takatani, and Wah
Curator:
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
ABOUT (LAST)INTERVENTION
Exhibiting Artists:
Kingsley Ng, and Samson Young
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Address:
5/F, Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Exhibition Duration:
10 October 2009 till 29 November 2009
Opening Reception:
9 October 2009 (Friday), 6.00pm
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
‘Japanese Contemporary Art’ by Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Date:
10 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
10:30am–11:30am
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Language:
English
Panel Discussion: ‘Asian Art Today’
Date:
10 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
11:30am–1:00pm
Venue:
Osage Kwun Tong
Language:
English
Participants:
Tobias Berger, Chief Curator, Nam June Paik Art Center
Patrick D. Flores, Professor of Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines, and Adjunct Curator, National Art Gallery of the Philippines
Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Urban Palimpsest: a twilight sound-walk by Samson Young
Date:
17 October 2009 (Saturday)
Time:
7:00am
Duration:
45mins
Limited to 15 participants only. To register, please call (852) 27934817 or email info@oaf.cc.
[ENCL.]
APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTISTS
APPENDIX B: PRESS IMAGES
ABOUT OSAGE ART FOUNDATION
The Osage Art Foundation is an international not-for-profit philanthropic organization devoted to building creative communities and promoting cultural cooperation. The Foundation aims to bring to the art world new voices, new vision, new ideas and new styles, and to celebrate the achievements of humanity together with its limitations and failures.
Please visit www.oaf.cc for more information.
ABOUT OCTOBER CONTEMPORARY 2009: NOW, OR NEVER
October Contemporary (OC) is a non-profit initiative devoted to the contemporary arts since 2007, and the only event of its kind in Hong Kong. In its third year, OC 2009 takes Now, or Never to be its slogan, to imbue a sense of urgency among both art practitioners and the wider public to think critically, creatively, and persistently about the contemporary arts and care for its value to our society.
Please visit www.oc.org.hk for more information.
MEDIA ENQUIRY
Kennis Lai
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
Fax:
(852) 3007 2988
Email:
kennislai@osagegallery.com
Alice Wong
Tel:
(852) 2793 4817
Fax:
(852) 3007 2988
Email:
alicewong@osagegallery.com
新聞稿
二零零九年十月八日
致藝術文化版及專欄版編輯
請即時發佈
《 A Blow to the Everyday 》
《（最後）的介入》
10.10.2009 – 29.11.2009
傳媒預覽 : 09.10.2009，下午4時至6時正
開幕酒會 : 09.10.2009，下午6時至8時正
奧沙藝術基金將於《拾月當代》期間舉行《 A Blow to the Everyday 》 及《（最後）的介入》兩個展覽。前者將展出年輕日本當代藝術家之作品，大部份作品均屬特定場域之藝術創作；後者則展出兩個新進香港藝術家伍韶勁及楊嘉輝的最新作品。兩個展覽給兩地之年輕藝術家提供一個互動及交流平台，亦同時成為香港觀眾接觸其他亞洲國家藝術的好機會。
《 A Blow to the Everyday 》 由東京都現代美術館總館長長谷川祐子《A Blow to the Everyday 》 象徵著一種召喚 ──試圖將觀眾捲入集體幻想及驚駭空間，又用挑釁行為混淆視聽，從而喚醒和改變觀眾對日常生活的覺悟。同時亦透過當代日本藝術家的藝術創作，對藝術家的個人活動跟社區以至整個社會的連繫，及他們如何在日本這個後資本主義經濟型社會激發溝通和想像提出質疑。展覽亦嘗試透過城市中不同的人物境況道出一個個關於這些藝術家在藝術世界求存的故事。
田口行弘利用沿途收集的物件，即興搭建成一裝置藝術，邀請途人參與之餘，更將過程拍成影片，成為裝置藝術的一部份。展覽開幕之後的一個星期，田口的「行為裝置」將有所改變，重新界定「固定」空間／地方的傳統定義。萩原健一的作品邀請公眾參與一個偽科學實驗。Chim↑Pom將於畫廊內建造一個烏托邦，以掘發人的幻想空間。 小泉明郎抓住現代人孤獨的心理狀態－荒謬，可笑，卻悲慘。此外，展覽亦展出高谷史郎的錄像裝置，Wah的公眾藝術項目之紀錄片，以及大久保亞夜子的大型特定場域壁畫。
《（最後）的介入》展出兩個新進香港跨媒介藝術家伍韶勁及楊嘉輝的最新作品。 伍韶勁最為人熟識的是其極為精細的詩語詞韻，而楊嘉輝的最新作品再次展示其典型精神分裂式創作風格，將黑暗與稚氣的意象相並列；然而，兩位藝術家都利用聲音元素，令觀眾親身經歷一次獨特的多媒體體驗。作品焦點則落在觀塘 ─ 一個將要瞬間消失的地區，一個帶有強烈社會干預和創作沈思的地方；兩人創作出對比強烈的作品，試圖將「介入」重新定義為記憶的行為、時間的刻畫、存在的參與方式、和一種跟司法主張和見證行為相抵觸的談判方式。
《Urban Palimpsest》為展覽之特備節目。藝術家楊嘉輝將帶領參加者遊走於清晨的觀塘，耳聽以意創造的環境聲音，尋找鮮為人知的城市景點；圍繞觀塘、經驗聲音、探索城市空間。《Urban Palimpsest》讓任沉浸於城市空間跟集體聲音想像之間的冥想空間，教人暫離自己慣用的耳朵，推翻一切有關聲音的判斷。
傳媒預覽將於二零零九年十月九日(星期五)下午4時正舉行。屆時藝術家將出席接受傳媒訪問。
傳媒預覽後將設開幕酒會，時間為下午6時至晚上8時正。
--完--
關於《A Blow to the Everyday》
藝術家： Chim↑Pom，萩原健一，小泉明郎，大久保亞夜子，田口行弘，高谷史郎及Wah
策展人： 長谷川祐子
展覽地點： 奧沙觀塘
地址： 香港九龍觀塘鴻圖道73-75號建大工業大廈5樓
展期： 2009年10月10日至2009年11月29日
開幕酒會： 2009年10月9日(星期五)下午6時正
電話： (852) 2793 4817
關於《（最後）的介入》
藝術家： 伍韶勁及楊嘉輝
展覽地點： 奧沙觀塘
地址： 香港九龍觀塘鴻圖道73-75號建大工業大廈5樓
展期： 2009年10月10日至2009年11月29日
開幕酒會： 2009年
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