Artist Guided Tours—Realms of Memory 藝術家導賞——「記憶空域」展覽

In response to Bristol Photo Festival’s theme ‘The World a Wave’ this year, the exhibition ‘Realms of Memory' explores the significance of image archive in the contemporary context. As social, political and ideological forces struggle to define and control the narratives of the past, archive has become an increasingly contested site. Meanwhile, with the advancement of technology, photography, among other mediums, has become the most vulnerable due to its ubiquity and ease of manipulation. This exhibition attempts to respond to these issues by inviting three artists to create their own works from two historical photographic archives of Hong Kong. In the following months, we have invited six UK-based Hong Kong artists, who have different practices, from archival research, to photo documentary and art history; local memory, identity to cultural symbols, to guide the audience through the exhibition, linking the archives with the stories behind the works and exploring the potentiality and controversy of image archives:

在是次英國布里斯托攝影節「The World a Wave」的主題下，展覽「記憶空域」探索影像檔案於當代的意義。在各種社會、政治、意識形態試圖操控關於過去論述的當下，檔案已逐漸成為一個備受爭議的領域；同時，隨着科技發展，影像更因其無所不在且易於篡改的特質，而變得首當其衝。本展覽嘗試從兩個香港歷史照片檔案庫出發，邀請三位藝術家，以各自創作回應上述議題。而在接下來的兩個月，我們更邀請到六位駐英國的香港藝術家，從各自擅長並關心的議題出發，帶領觀眾以不同的角度探討影像檔案的可塑與爭議性：

• Nov 9 (Sat) 2pm-2:30pm | In English 
  Lee Kai Chung | Artist｜Geopolitics, coloniality and archival methodology
  李繼忠｜藝術家｜地緣政治、殖民性與檔案學
  
• Nov 16 (Sat) 2pm-2:30pm | In English 
  Caleb Fung | Photographer｜Colonial motifs and documentation 
  馮思諾｜攝影師｜殖民符號與紀錄
  
• Nov 23 (Sat), from 2pm-2:30pm | 廣東話
  Rachel Ip | Visual artist, Educator, Curator｜Democratised photography
  葉曉燕｜視覺藝術家、教育工作者、策展人 | 攝影的民主化
  
• Nov 30 (Sat), 2pm-2:30pm | 廣東話
  Deacon Lui | Photojournalist｜Boundary of documentary photography 
  Deacon Lui｜紀實攝影師｜紀實的邊界與攝影的物料性
  
• Dec 7 (Sat), 2pm-2:30pm | In English  
  Dorothy Cheung | Filmmaker and Artist | Identity and diaspora  
  張紫茵 | 導演與藝術家｜身份與離散
  
• Dec 14 (Sat), 2-2:30pm | 廣東話
  Ki Wong | Artist, Editor and Curator | Memory of places and its relationship with individuals
  黃淑琪｜藝術家、編輯與策劃人 | 地方記憶與個體的關係

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